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Hoffa Praises Proposal to Ban Unsafe Mexican Trucks
Omnibus Budget Would Stop Cross-Border Trucking Pilot Program WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa applauded the House Democratic leadership for including a ban on unsafe Mexican trucks in the omnibus appropriations bill unveiled today. Though Congress shut down the Bush administration’s pilot program to open the border in the 2008 appropriations,…