by Jerome R. Corsi: The U.S. Senate has dealt a likely death blow to the Bush administration plans to give Mexican long-haul trucking rigs free access to United States roads and highways. A bipartisan majority voted 74-24 Tuesday tonight to pass an amendment offered by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to remove funding from the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Transportation appropriations bill for the Department of Transportation Mexican trucking demonstration project. . . . The Senate is now considered likely to finalize the DOT funding bill today, with the Dorgan amendment included. "Because my amendment is identical to language already included in the House-passed version of this bill," Dorgan said in the statement issued after the vote, "I expect this provision will not be altered in the House-Senate conference committee and that we have, effectively, stopped this pilot program." . . . [Read More]Tags: Mexican trucks, US Senate, George Bush, open borders, To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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