Crash test dummies
From our friends at Mexico Trucker:
A truck crash in the desert of northern Mexico killed dozens last weekend when a cargo of explosives blew up, creating a huge fireball and crater in the road.
That helped influence the U.S. Senate when it voted on Tuesday to block funding for a test program to let Mexican long-haul trucks operate in the United States under 1994’s North American Free Trade Agreement.
But Mexican truckers and the Bush administration say that kind of accident would not happen to Mexican trucks in the United States under the program.
The 600 rigs that were due to take part in the one-year plan were new vehicles and safety checks on the U.S-Mexico border were tougher than for U.S. truck drivers.
Checks are so tight that only one truck, from Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey made it deep into the United States in the five days the project lasted.
mexfiles.net 
I take exception to the last paragraph of this report.
The program is still in operation and I think everyone will be in for a big surprise.
Some think the bill is veto proof and perhaps it is, but there only needs to be 16 Senators to change their mind.
Plus, consider this fact (and to hell with the “spirit” of the law as Todd Spencer likes to say)
The amendment prohibits funds from being used to “establish” a Pilot Program. Folks, the program has long been established. And it is not a “pilot program” anymore but a “demonstration” program.
What’s in a word? Well, in this case, a lot!