Senate votes to ban Mexican trucks

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | Sep. 11, 2007 | Suzanne Gamboa

[NapkinUser]

Free traitors deeply saddened.

[Cinnamon]

omg the Senate found its backbone!!

[mdefranc]

Teamster thugs elated.

[SergeiRachmaninov]

omg the Senate found its backbone!!

Sounds to me like they found their pollsters (for which I am grateful).

[George W. Bush]

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who drafted a Republican alternative to Dorgan's amendment, said the attempt to block the trucks appeared to be about limiting competition and may amount to discrimination against Mexico.

Hopefully, the voters of Texas will remember this and discriminate against Cornyn at his next primary election.

[gondramB]

I am under the impression that this is a treaty requirement.

[Jean S]

Blocking the trucks would help Democrats curry favor with organized labor, an important ally for the 2008 presidential elections.

Yep.

[Man50D]

omg the Senate found its backbone!!

They found in the pressure from constituents.

[DoughtyOne]

I loathe unions, but if those teamsters are U.S. Citizens and work in the United States, they sure as hell get my vote to work over foreign nationals.

[Cinnamon]

‘Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who drafted a Republican alternative to Dorgan’s amendment, said the attempt to block the trucks appeared to be about limiting competition and may amount to discrimination against Mexico.’

yeah. I hope Texas voters discriminate him, and vote someone with country-first views in his place.

[greyfoxx39]

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[FoxInSocks]

may amount to discrimination against Mexico

In two words: who cares? Does Mexico have civil rights under the Constitution?

[greyfoxx39]

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[Man50D]

None can carry hazardous material or haul cargo between U.S. points.

Except illegal aliens, terrorists and their WMD's.

[TomGuy]

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who drafted a Republican alternative to Dorgan's amendment, said the attempt to block the trucks appeared to be about limiting competition and may amount to discrimination against Mexico.

That statement is apparently in error.


Corrected version:

Sen. John Cornyn, R-TexasMexico, who drafted a Republican alternative to Dorgan's amendment, said the attempt to block the trucks appeared to be about limiting competition and may amount to discrimination against Mexico.