Senate Votes to Block Mexican Trucks Test
Finally the Congress is showing some backbone. The questions is whether they will override Bush's veto:
King George has such contempt for Congress that he thinks he can do whatever he wants. This might explain why they have an astronomically small approval rating, and it keeps going down:
The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to block funding for a Bush administration test program to let Mexican long-haul trucks operate in the United States under 1994's North American Free Trade Agreement.
The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to block funding for a Bush administration test program to let Mexican long-haul trucks operate in the United States under 1994's North American Free Trade Agreement.
The House of Representatives has passed a similar measure.
King George has such contempt for Congress that he thinks he can do whatever he wants. This might explain why they have an astronomically small approval rating, and it keeps going down:
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto the broad transportation bill over "excessive levels of spending" and said it opposes any restrictions on the cross-border trucking program.