Senate Votes - H.R. 3074: Transportation, HUD Appropriations

H.R. 3074: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Debate

Amendments (GovTrack, Thomas)

Previous House Votes, All Votes

S.Amdt. 2792 by Sen. Murray [D-WA]
To expand the extension of authority of the Secretary of Transportation and provide additional obligation authority for the highway bridge program.
Agreed to 60-33

S.Amdt. 2810 by Sen. Coburn [R-OK]
To prohibit funds appropriated under title I from being used for earmarks until all structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges have been repaired, with limited exceptions.
Motion to Table Agreed to 82-14

S.Amdt. 2797 by Sen. Dorgan [D-ND]
To prohibit the establishment of a program that allows Mexican truck drivers to operate beyond the commercial zones near the Mexican border.
Agreed to 75-23

Senate Amendment Would Bar Funds for Mexican Truck Pilot Program
The amendment to the $104.6 billion Transportation-HUD measure (HR 3074) would bar funds from being used for a controversial Transportation Department pilot program allowing up to 100 Mexican trucking companies to operate in the United States beyond a 25-mile radius of the border.

Squabble Over Amendment to Spending Bill Consumes Senate Debate
The Senate made its way Tuesday evening toward passage of the fiscal 2008 Transportation-HUD spending bill, after agreeing to prohibit Mexican commercial trucks from driving more than 25 miles into the United States.

S.Amdt. 2842 by Sen. Cornyn [R-TX]
To ensure that every motor carrier entering the United States through the cross-border motor carrier demonstration program is inspected and meets all applicable safety standards established for United States commercial motor vehicles.
Rejected 29-69

S.Amdt. 2811 by Sen. Coburn [R-OK]
To prohibit the use of funds made available under this Act for bicycle paths so that the funds can be used to improve bridge and road safety.
Motion to Table Agreed to 80-18

S.Amdt. 2808 by Sen. Cornyn [R-TX]
To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces.
Proposed: Sep 11, 2007.

It is the sense of the Senate--

1. to reaffirm its support for all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, including General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq;
2. to strongly condemn any effort to attack the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces; and
3. to specifically repudiate the unwarranted personal attack on General Petraeus by the liberal activist group Moveon.org.

Between Iraq report and a hard place

Democrats face a touchy political problem — how do you attack what Petraeus and Crocker are saying without attacking them personally?

"No one wants to call [Petraeus] a liar on national TV," noted one Democratic senator, who spoke on the condition on anonymity. "The expectation is that the outside groups will do this for us."

Senate Work on Transportation Spending Bill Slows
Work on the $104.6 billion fiscal 2008 Transportation-Housing spending bill bogged down Tuesday, as Senate Republicans sought to force a vote on an amendment supporting Gen. David H. Petraeus.