Congress upset at late-night decision on Mexican trucks

Houston Chronicle/AP ^ | Sept. 7, 2007 | SUZANNE GAMBOA

[1rudeboy]

civics lesson
The FMCSA is a "regulatory agency," meaning that it acts on the authority (and under the oversight) of Congress.
/civics lesson

[SwinneySwitch]

Ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.

[Brilliant]

What a bunch of bull. Who was it who approved this treaty anyway? Congress. Now they’re mad because Bush is implementing it?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS...

[Cedar]

Stop the New World (B)order!

[Hornet19]

nice, rude one,
any sources to back it?

[dragnet2]

The Bush administration's late-night decision allowing Mexican trucks to ply U.S. roads triggered angry criticism Friday from opponents of the trucking program.

[Hornet19]

NAFTA is NOT a treaty...it is an agreement. If Congress had half a brain and a quarter of a spine it could be scrapped tommorow...and should be.

[dennisw]

The 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, promised access to all U.S. highways by 2000 to Mexican and Canadian truckers.

What President authorized this piece of crap?

Bill Clinton but he got it through Congress due to all the Republicans who voted for it. Democrats voted against it

[Hornet19]

tommorow = tomorrow. sorry, long week.

[Rudder]

Thanks. Who authored it? I’d like to know who is (beside GW) who has been pushing this crap for over a decade. It might help to know in the upcoming battle for our sovereignty.

[Doctor Don]

Mexican vehicles are notorious for being unsafe. Will many Americans need to die on the highways before they are prohibited?

[SoCalPol]

Ping - NAFTA

[janetgreen]

Please add me to your ping list, bcsco.

[Cedar]

“Democrats voted against it”

Wow, didn’t remember that. Guess the Democrats get it right every now and then. Bravo to them for that effort.

[dforest]

If you look at the link to Reagan, there is NO mention of Mexico, only Canada.

[hunter112]

Will many Americans need to die on the highways before they are prohibited?

It will indeed, take dead children, lots of them, before it happens. It's just like a dangerous intersection, a certain number of people have to die before they put up a traffic signal.

[janetgreen]

Daddy Bush and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts started this mess, "encouraged" by the then-Mexican president. Daddy had his vision of the New World Order, and we all know how that is turning out for American citizens/taxpayers. His puppet son is pushing it to the limits.

http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc0401/article_298.shtml

[nicmarlo]

Daddy Bush and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts started this mess

bttt!

[holyscroller]

"Who was it who approved this treaty anyway? Congress. Now they’re mad because Bush is implementing it?"

NAFTA is not a treaty, and it was never approved by Congress. Treaties must be ratified by Congress, and since this never was, anything having to do with NAFTA is illegal in my book.