11 September 2008

They Voted For You: Mexican Trucks, Veterans

West Virginia's delegation in the U.S. House helped passed several measures this week by unanimous or near-unanimous margins:

  • A 395-15 vote advanced legislation that would "prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress."
  • With no dissent, the House passed a bill to expand health care options for rural veterans through a pilot program, and approved a Senate measure that would boost veteran disability payments to meet inflation.
Reps. Alan Mollohan, D-1st; Shelley Moore Capito, R-2nd; and Nick Rahall, D-3rd, voted for all three bills. The Register-Herald of Beckley heard from the latter two on the veterans measures.

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