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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Bill May Allow Mexican Trucking Program to Move Forward
WIS,USA -USAgNet/Wiscosin Ag Cnnection -12 Aug 2009: -- The Senate Appropriations Committee-approved FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act includes language that may allow the cross-border trucking pilot program to move ahead. The legislation includes a provision that will allow funds to be utilized for the program, as long as certain safety standards are adequately met... The Committee urges the administration to work expeditiously with the Mexican Government to establish a proposal to implement a cross-border trucking program that maintains the safety of our roads and highways and enhances the efficient movement of commerce... After the Senate returns from their August recess, they are expected to continue to work on appropriations bills... (Photo by adventureliving: Border USA/MEX from the air)
* Survey: American’s don’t want Mexican trucks on U.S. highways
Phoenix,AZ,USA -The Phoenix Business Journal, by Mike Sunnucks -August 12, 2009: -- Two out of three Americans oppose allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. highways and more than half want to keep “Buy American” provisions in the federal stimulus program... A new national survey by Rasmussen Reports shows 66 percent of those questioned oppose allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roads... The Rasmussen poll found 19 percent of respondents backed the idea of letting Mexican trucks on U.S. highways... The same Rasmussen poll found 52 percent want to keep “Buy American” rules in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which requires stimulus money to go mostly to American businesses and contractors. Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, wants the U.S. to scrap the rule but only 18 percent in the survey like that idea... The survey was conducted Aug. 10-11 and polled 1,000 U.S. adults...
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