After months of procrastination, the U.S. Congress in late June finally passed the Child Nutrition and WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Reauthorization Act of 2004. The measure, signed into law by the president, extends provisions of the National After months of procrastination, the...
Congress last week passed a bill that would block the Transportation Department's U.S.-Mexico trucking program and take money for truck parking out of a DOT freight-corridors program but also would fund bridge repairs and American Trucking Associations' HCongress last week passed a bill that would block the Transportation Department's U.S.-Mexico...
Accenture Announces Community College Pilot Teaching Program WASHINGTON -- Business Roundtable today will convene CEOs, Members of Congress and leaders of community colleges to focus on the critical role community colleges must play in enhancing American competitiveness. Their role, from improving worker training to tapping and shaping the...
Byline: Tom Ramstack, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Bush administration yesterday warned Congress against ending a program that allows Mexican trucks to operate on U.S. highways. The Mexican government is likely to retaliate with economic sanctions if Congress eliminates the trucking...
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) told Transportation secretary Mary Peters that her department was "arrogant" in its refusal to go along with what he said Congress intended when it prohibited funding for the DOTs controversial U.S.-Mexico border trucking program. At a recent hearing on DOT's budget, Dorgan said, "I supported secretary...
The Army Materiel Command AMC has activated a new organization to support the Department of Defense's Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives ACWA program. The U.S. Army Element, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, is structured as an AMC separate reporting activity. The AWCA program formerly was aligned with the Army Chemical Materials Agency....
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court considered Tuesday whether the Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program that allows a small number of Mexican trucks to travel freely on U.S. highways, despite a new law by Congress against it. Members of the Teamsters...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court considered Tuesday whether the Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program that allows a small number of Mexican trucks to travel freely on U.S. highways, despite a new law by Congress against it. Members of the Teamsters...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court considered Tuesday whether the Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program that allows a small number of Mexican trucks to travel freely on U.S. highways despite a new law by Congress against it. Members of the Teamsters...
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Leslie Miller of the International Brotherhood ofTeamsters, +1-202-624-8734, lmiller@teamster.org Bush Administration Defies New Law by Continuing Pilot Program WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bushadministration broke yet another law in continuing to allow long-haul trucks from Mexico to use U.S. highways, according to a letterfiled...
Mexico After years of political maneuvering in the face of heated opposition, in September the first Mexican truck crossed the southern U.S. border as part of a U.S. Department of Transportation pilot project. DOT's cross-border pilot allowed up to 100 Mexican carriers to travel into the U.S. interior, marking the...
FY 2008 Appropriations Bill Also Funds TWIC Card Reader Pilot Projects ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- "An important milestone in port security has been reached with passage of the fiscal 2008 omnibus spending package that includes $400 million for the Federal Emergency Management Administration's Port Security Grant program," American Association...
On November 1, a new illegal alien bill became law in Oklahoma, and it is one of the toughest in the country. The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 helps to keep illegal aliens from receiving public assistance by requiring proof of citizenship or a valid visa before...
This past month, the Bush Administration opened the U.S. border to trucks from Mexico. Trying to soften the blow, they called it a "pilot program" but it clearly sacrifices the economic security of American workers and the safety and health of the U.S. public on George Bush's altar of free...
Shippers welcomed the introduction of the U.-S.-Mexico cross-border pilot program, saying it could increase capacity, improve efficiency and help address the driver shortage, but North Americas largest freight broker outlined potential problems and said it was approaching the situation with caution. Although action by Congress last week could truncate the...
The Bush administration's decision to allow 100 trucking companies in Mexico to drive their cargo to destinations throughout the United States has been beaten down in the House and Senate after drawing opposition throughout the country. The Senate approved action on September 11 by a vote of 75 to 23...
Transport Topics Staff The Bush administration announced late last week that it has opened the U.S. border to trucks from Mexico, as part of a pilot program that has raised strenuous objections in Congress and from the Teamsters union. In a late-night announcement just before TRANSPORT TOPICS went to press...
WASHINGTON - The Department of Transportation was on the verge of allowing Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways after a federal court denied a request to stop it and DOTs inspector general completed a report that Congress required. DOT Secretary Mary Peters must sign off on giving U.S. operating authority...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced its "intent to proceed" with a Mexican cross-border trucking pilot program, despite congressional efforts to delay the program and the large number of public comments expressing safety concerns. FMCSA did not give an exact timetable for when it plans to implement the...
Articles 2007-08-27
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