[Neu Pragmatist]

Good. Stop the Mexican truck invasion .

[Petruchio]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894991/posts

[xJones]

Thanks for posting this article. There's so many of us that we frequently miss the first article posting.

It's a real shame that it took the Democrats to block what never should have been proposed.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

WOW! common sense out of washington? who knew? Open border pukes in the white house.

[janetgreen]

I’m amazed that Arlen magic bullet Specter cosponsored this bill. He was a big supporter of amnesty. Maybe he heard some angry words from his constituents!

[TomGuy]

The two aggravating things about this amendment are:

First, the list of co-sponors, and

Second, the list of Senators voting NAY or not voting:

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S.AMDT.2797
Amends: H.R.3074
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (submitted 9/10/2007) (proposed 9/10/2007)

AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To prohibit the establishment of a program that allows Mexican truck drivers to operate beyond the commercial zones near the Mexican border.

TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S11350

STATUS:

9/10/2007:

Amendment SA 2797 proposed by Senator Dorgan. (consideration: CR S11305-11312; text: CR S11305)

COSPONSORS(6):

Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 9/10/2007
Sen Obama, Barack [IL] - 9/10/2007
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 9/10/2007
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 9/10/2007
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 9/10/2007
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 9/10/2007

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Senators voting NAY or Not voting:

NAYs ---24
Allard (R-CO) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) DeMint (R-SC)	Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hutchison (R-TX) Kyl (R-AZ) Lieberman (ID-CT)	Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Vitter (R-LA)

Not Voting - 2
Craig (R-ID)	McCain (R-AZ)

===

[JRochelle]

Who are the 24 dolts who voted against this bill?

[o_zarkman44]

No open borders, no open freight, yes to complete inspections.

Mexicans are taking American jobs. And this is more bush bullsh*t

[PhilDragoo]

Yeehaw over here.

Teamsters offered free tours of Jimmy Hoffa's crypt.

How will Mexico maintain the free flow of illegal drugs at market prices.

A second victory over arrogant government.

I love it, I love it.

[Redleg Duke]

Bush has them playing his tune! I love it!

[ovrtaxt]

Globalism ping!

This is really disgusting and frustrating. Look at post 12.

AAAARRRGH!

[CharlesWayneCT]

Don’t thank the Democrats. They weren’t voting for safety, they were voting to ensure jobs for union employees, who get to unload all the goods from the mexican trucks at the border and re-load them into american trucks.

It’s a shame that we can’t find out if there is a safety issue, because republicans refuse to allow a demonstration program.

It’s hard to see what part of small-government conservatism is being advanced here.

[reagan_fanatic]

Good. This was a stupid move on the part of the Bush Administration. Glad to see it go down in flames.