Bi-partisan opposition to the proposed sale of British firm P&O, which manages six U.S. ports including New York, to Dubai Ports World, a UAE company, is starting to build up some steam.
This decision is apparently the result of a process that was created by executive order, and managed solely by the executive branch. This link describes the act and lists the executive branch officials who make the decisions:
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/international-affairs/exon-florio/According to this treasury dept site, gay.sills@do.treas.gov is the staffer in charge. It seems like it's our responsibility under a representative democracy to let her (as well as our actual elected officials) know how we feel about giving control of a major part of our infrastructure to a middle east country that "some in Congress have expressed fears that the UAE was used as a conduit for parts used for nuclear proliferation and that the local banking system had been abused by financiers with possible links to terrorist organizations."
http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-02-19T163257Z_01_N19219437_RTRIDST_0_SECURITY-PORTS.XMLAnd in other news, the sale of the management of the Atomic Energy Commission and NASA to the Chinese Department of Flying Nuclear Weapons is said to be stalled over something to do with "the football."