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House votes to end Mexican trucker access to U.S. |
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Written by Stumo
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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This was a big vote.
The bill, approved 395-18, would reverse a decision by the Transportation Department to continue the program, which was begun last year under NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Veto proof majority in the House... and the President says he will veto. But it has not gone to the Senate. I had not been following this issue closely, but thought it was partisan, not bipartisan.
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