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    So, am I missing something here, or does it look like Bush intends to go ahead with this thing no matter what legisaltion is passed?
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    PREMEDIATED MERGER
    White House presses Senate to allow Mexican trucks
    Stalls bill passed by House that would block program permitting rigs in U.S.

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    Posted: June 14, 2007
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    In an effort to ensure Mexican trucks will begin rolling across the U.S. on schedule, the Bush administration is pressing the Senate to not take any action on a bill passed overwhelmingly by the House that essentially would block the project.

    Sources within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation have confirmed in background conversations that the panel has put on hold taking any action on the Safe American Roads Act of 2007, the bill the House passed May 15 by a vote of 411-3.

    At the encouragement of the White House, the senators on the transportation committee are taking the position that the requirements of the Safe American Roads Act were wrapped into the provisions of H.R. 2206, the Iraq supplemental funding bill, signed May 25 by President Bush.

    At the moment, the staff of the Senate transportation panel has no plans to discuss a Senate bill comparable to Safe American Roads Act before the July recess.

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    An unhappy Todd Spencer, executive director of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, believes the Bush administration "has preordained that the Mexican truck demonstration project will begin regardless who objects."

    "Simply put, the Bush administration has turned a tin ear to both the public and the Congress and there are no objections which can put a stop to the DOT plans," he told WND.

    In response to the Iraq supplemental funding bill, the Department of Transportation issued a press release June 8 indicating additional regulations applicable to the Mexican trucks had been filed in the Federal Register, with a public comment period that extends to June 28.

    As WND reported, Spencer has argued the supplemental funding bill demanded verification of safety issues that the DOT did not provide in its Federal Register filing.

    The new regulations supplement the Mexican truck regulations DOT published in the Federal Register on May 1.

    A statement by John H. Hill, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration suggests the agency believes the new regulations complete the legislative requirements set out in the Iraq supplemental funding bill.

    Referring to the supplemental Federal Register notice published June 8, Hill said, "This shows the great lengths to which we've gone to ensure this program meets high safety standards while providing American business opportunities for further economic growth. We continue to meet or exceed every condition required by law."

    The only remaining step required by the Iraq supplemental funding bill is for the DOT inspector general to confirm that the regulations published by FMCSA meet the safety and security requirements specified by Congress in the Iraq supplemental funding bill.

    Allowing an extra month for this requirement to be filled, industry insiders now anticipate the Mexican truck demonstration project will begin Aug. 15, one month later than the July 15 start anticipated as recently as a week ago.

    "No matter how many forms FMCSA creates," Spencer said, "nobody can assure us that the Mexican commercial driver licenses or drug testing procedures are up to U.S. standards."

    "DOT is jamming these regulations for us, yet we seriously doubt that Mexico will have controls in place that will assure the U.S. public that the Mexican trucks allowed in the United States will be safe or secure," he said.

    Spencer suggested that in the final months of the Bush administration, every effort will be made to keep promises made to Mexico.

    "Whatever it takes, the administration is going to make sure that Mexican long-haul rigs have free access on U.S. roads before George W. Bush leaves office," he said.




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    Yes Bush plans to do this on his own. We need to expose him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tinybobidaho
    So, am I missing something here, or does it look like Bush intends to go ahead with this thing no matter what legisaltion is passed?
    Precisely! Bush is demented, and believes he is a dictator. This man is more dangerous now than ever.

    I once believed he was simply an intransigent egomaniac. I now believe he has totally lost it. He must be stopped!

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    A few weeks ago when I talked to Congressman Goode's office, I was told that the provision of H.R.2206 in the Iraq Funding Bill was kicked out just before it was sent ot the President for his signature. I looked all through the Iraq Spending Bill and I couldn't find anything in it to stop the trucks. Maybe someone else can spot it, but I sure couldn't.

    This is how crooked these people are. How can they just take parts of a bill out once it's passed?
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    There is not anything in it to stop the trucks. That is the problem I think.
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    So, then we need a direction here. It doesn't seem like it would do much good to go after the Senate if Bush is going to do it anyway. Besides even if the Senate passed it, Bush would never sign it. The only think I can think to do is to make one helluva stink over it and get the American people enraged again.
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    PREMEDITATED MERGER
    Mexico announces date for trucks to roll in U.S.
    DOT signed undisclosed agreement setting terms for controversial project

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    Posted: May 4, 2007
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    By Jerome R. Corsi
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    With U.S. officials refusing to respond to key questions, Mexico announced the controversial truck demonstration project will begin July 15, with both Mexican trucks operating throughout the U.S. and American trucks allowed to travel south of the border.

    WND has obtained a copy in Spanish of a news release issued Tuesday reporting on a press conference given April 24 by Manuel Rodriguez Arrequi, an undersecretary of the Mexican SecretarÃ*a de Comunicaciones y Transportes, or SCT, the Mexican counterpart to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

    According to the May 1 release, the Mexican Senate gave approval April 24 for the SCT to finalize negotiations with DOT to set the operating terms regarding what is now being called a "Cross-Border Demonstration Project."

    The news release also stated that as a result of a series of meetings held between April 19 and 27, an agreement had been signed between SCT head Luis Téllez and his counterpart, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, formalizing the terms under which the project will be conducted.

    According to the press release, SCT and DOT have agreed that 25 permissions each will be given to U.S. trucking companies and Mexican companies to begin cross-border operations July 15.

    Subsequently, 25 additional permissions will be given in each country for additional trucking companies to begin cross-border operations, with the expectation that all 100 permissions will be issued in each country by Oct.15.

    Arrequi also told reporters that under the Cross-Border Demonstration Project, FAST/C-TPAT (Free and Secure Trade Program and Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) lanes would be expanded for electronic cross-border truck traffic.

    WND previously reported a main goal of the Mexican truck test would be to see if Mexican trucks can enter the U.S. with electronic screening that would permit a 15-second border crossing.

    WND also has reported Peters' announcement that Mexican trucks would enter the U.S. under the test at the same time U.S. trucks were permitted to enter Mexico.

    Yet, WND can find no posting on the websites of either DOT or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the FMCSA, of any new agreement signed between SCT and DOT.

    WND reported Tuesday that DOT and FMCSA are refusing to return WND phone calls to answer questions, including whether a new signed agreement exists with Mexico to implement the Cross-Border Demonstration Project.

    WND also has reported the White House continues to press forward with the Mexican truck test, despite the apparent scrambling DOT and FMCSA have made to answer objections from the trucking industry, from Congress and from the public over the test since the initial Feb. 23 announcement.

    Key program elements remain cloudy. WND documented, for instance, that no criminal database exists on a national level in Mexico to verify Mexican drivers admitted in the test have no criminal basis.


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    Oops! Duplicate. Sorry.

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    I wonder if Senator Sessions can help us with this one.
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