Senator battles Transportation Dept. over Mexican trucks in US

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON - A senator wants Congress' investigative arm to determine whether the Transportation Department has broken the law by spending federal money on a program allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roads.

Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., called for the investigation by the Government Accountability Office a few hours after Transportation Secretary Mary Peters warned of economic losses if Mexican trucks are prohibited from driving deep into the U.S.

Peters has been fighting in court to prevent the program's end. But Dorgan and others say Congress prohibited spending money on the program last year.

"When Congress passes a law that says no funds can be used for this program, we mean no funds can be used for this program," Dorgan said in a news release. "The Department of Transportation cannot simply pick and choose which laws they want to follow and which laws they want to break."

Dorgan said the agency is violating the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits spending federal money that has not been authorized or appropriated.


Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0310mexican-trucks0310-ON.html

[Kolesar]

1. Mary Peters is a dick

She whined about transportation money being spent for pedestrian and bicycle trails.

[Old Codger]

2. your kidding right?

The whitehouse and apparently all of the executive branch offices have been doing as theydamn well please for the last 7+ years.. Why would anyone expect them to stop now...



"When Congress passes a law that says no funds can be used for this program, we mean no funds can be used for this program," Dorgan said in a news release. "The Department of Transportation cannot simply pick and choose which laws they want to follow and which laws they want to break."

Dorgan said the agency is violating the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits spending federal money that has not been authorized or appropriated.

[jody]

3. Good for Dorgan and also investigate the Trans-Texas Corridor aka NAFTA Super Highway.

For a start, browse Trans-Texas Corridor and its References and External links.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. the Corrider to be built by PRIVATE investors????

so, a for-profit road from Mexico to Canada, which will have toll roads.

But Bush doesn't want British people to fly OVER America.

AAARRGGGGGHHHHH

[texastoast]

8. And managed by foreign companies

Isn't shrubbie just so special? And that fucking Rick Perry whose nose couldn't be Bush browner?

http://corridornews.blogspot.com/

[OKthatsIT]

5. YEaah, and while you're at it, investigate the CFR for creating the NAU

As in Council of Foreign Relations...that's David Rockefeller's baby(among many think tanks 'taking out' the Constitution).

[jody]

6. Interesting, CFR summarizes BO and HC positions at the links below.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Barack Obama

[texastoast]

7. The TTC is a Rick Perry suck-up project

I had resolutions presented against the TTC at our caucus as part of the Dem platform. The DNC should take up fighting against this boondoggle engineered by Perry and his cronies. I would encourage all Dems to make this a priority.

http://www.texastollparty.com/ttp_History.php

The TTC is in furtherance of the North American Union so instead of spending dollars we can spend Ameros.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Union

Fight 'em until hell freezes over!

Then fight 'em on the ice! Watch David Van Os tell it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70fNdL4zWi8

[Winterblues]

9. For over seven years this Administration has been picking which Laws to follow or not

and Democrats are just now noticing..?????? I have an idea, subpoena her for testimony....yuck yuck yuck big joke...

[AlphaCentauri]

10. Sure lets stop those Mexican truckers, 'cos we couldn't stop the Iraq war.

:sarcasm: