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Nov 18, 2007

MEXICANS' TRUCKS DEBATE * USA -

* House OKs bill to nix cross-border program funding. But President Bush has already threatened to kill the legislation
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Coral Beach -November 16, 2007: -- An appropriations bill, already approved by the House, is now in the hands of the U.S. Senate and it could kill federal funding for the cross-border trucking program with Mexico. But President Bush has already threatened to kill the legislation... No action is anticipated until Congress returns from its Thanksgiving recess on Dec. 4... Bush has said that the bill is irresponsible and includes excessive spending and that he will veto it if it reaches his desk in its current form... On the other side of the Capitol Building in the Senate, members had a veto-proof margin on Oct. 16 when they approved their chamber’s version of the bill, but it is unknown whether the revised version from the conference committee will have the same level of support, but OOIDA leaders remain optimistic...

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