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In a rare moment of solidarity with the White House, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, is now threatening the slowdown of the work of a Senate bill would restrict strongly that Mexican trucks aux Etats - Unis.

The Bush administration against violent action, which are part of a spending bill funding the Department of Transportation. The White House says it is too costly and cumbersome, and against the North American Free Trade Agreement. Senior Consultant of President Bush have said, they recommend a veto if the bill passes, and it seems enough votes against the bill to the Senate for the maintenance of such a right of veto.

Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce Donald L. Evans, the weekly Republican Senate this afternoon to give his objections against the bill and consolidate. Mr. Bush free trade and improving relations with Mexico, two of his priorities.

Trade agreements, the USA requires access to Mexican trucks to the country’s roads in January 2002. The trucks are now on the commercial areas, 20 kilometres from the border.

Supporters of the restrictive measure that was by Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, and Senator Richard C. Shelby, Republican of Alabama, said the provision was necessary to ensure that insecurity is not trucks travel on American highways. In June, the Assembly adopted by an overwhelming majority to maintain stricter measures again that the ban not only their economic zones.

”My goal is to ensure that free trade to public safety and progress side by side,’’said Murray, explains his account as a compromise between the White House and the house.

After negotiations between the two sides of the stalemate, “said McCain, he planned to prolong the debate”,”, unless a solution could be found. The negotiations were continued.

Senator Tom Daschle in South Dakota, most chefs, is planning to try to find out if it has threatened to block the Filibuster.

The president initially proposed that Mexican trucks to drive on the roads for 18 months while safety assessments of Mexican carriers. Last week, the administration has facilitated its position and said she wanted the safety checks on trucks before entering the USA.

The statistics from the transportation of Major General, Senator Murray said today on the ground, Mexican trucks that had ein”abgrundtief security.”

Your bill, round-the clock inspections of Mexican trucks at the border and local businesses Trucking. It would also ask weigh-motion scales - only stationary scales are used now - and Mexican require shippers to obtain insurance with insurers operating licence within the USA.

Opponents say the law already states that Mexican trucks on compliance with safety requirements necessary. Ms. Murray’s measure, they discuss, this is not only cumbersome but also anti-Mexikan. Canada would not have to comply with the new rules, even if the truck trailers said Canada was confident that the United States.

As it now”,” said Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Republican leader,”it bothers me is a kind of anti-Mexican, anti-Hispanic, anti-Nafta attitude — do not really want us to Mexican trucks coming into contact with that country. When they meet safety standards and inspection and insurance standards, why not?”

Opponents have also said that the measure could delay the entry of trucks for two years and cost millions more that can be applied. ”I have some concerns on a number of requirements, the bill that, without amendment, if adopted, could prevent the opening of the border for an indefinite period, Mr’’said McCain.

Ms. Murray is chairman of the subcommittee on transportation authorization of the commission, allocated more than $ 15 million for the Mexican Trucking that the $ 88 million of the President of the request.