House Appropriations Cmte. Votes---62-2--- to Block Dubai Ports Deal

[kpete]

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House Appropriations Cmte. Votes to Block Dubai Ports Deal


62-2

[dogday]

1. This should be interesting......

:popcorn:

[Renew Deal]

2. Who are the 2?

Can't wait to find out.

[Coexist]

3. nice.

[jsamuel]

4. But is it just for show? Will this actually prevent it from taking place?

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

9. I Think It's A Done Deal Already.

I don't believe there is anything Congress will be able to do, once the King finalizes things. The only remedy would be a court order, which given the current SC makeup, is also a losing battle.

But it makes for an interesting side show at least.

[SoCalDem]

11. Deal closed on 3-02-06..This is just for "show"

Like the whole issue.. Show..

Show the consituents back home how brave they are to stand up to Bush..How patriotic they are..and in the end, nothing changed.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

5. Wow....Close Vote!

And in response, King george said:

"Yeah....so what? Who cares what Congress or the American people think."

[sandnsea]

6. Wow, I'm shocked

Never thought they'd stand up to anything.

[AzDar]

7. It's ON!! Wonder who the traitorous 2 were? n/t

[greenbriar]

8. who are the idiot two??

delay and liberman?

[NMDemDist2]

10. lierbman's a senator

[pfitz59]

12. Bubble Boy promised to VETO this........

Will he do it? First veto in 5 years, defending the UAE?

[Renew Deal]

15. I hope he does.

Because you will DU, Freeperville and most of the rest of the country go nuts. :nuke:

[Coexist]

13. It was attached to the Katrina bill - I am looking up the vote now

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aFHEl6boSWFs&refer=us
Bush Renews Veto Threat Amid Moves to Kill Ports Deal (Update1)
March 8 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush renewed his threat to veto legislation that would block a state-owned Dubai firm's takeover of some terminal operations at six U.S. ports as leaders in his own party prepared a measure to kill the plan.

Republican leaders said the House later today will attach language preventing DP World from assuming control of the U.S. operations of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. to an emergency measure that provides $92 billion for military operations in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.

The House plans to pass the funding bill next week. If the Senate follows suit, the president will use his first veto to reject it, his spokesman said today. ``The president's position is unchanged,'' Scott McClellan told reporters traveling with Bush in Gulf Coast states ravaged by Katrina in August.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Republican leaders felt it necessary to block to deal to bolster homeland security. ``We want to protect Americans,'' Hastert, an Illinois Republican, said. ``We have a point of view on this, and we're going to move forward.''





http://clerk.house.gov/committee/index.html?comcode=HAP00

[The Stranger]

14. Are they going to hear a peep about the illegal spying on U.S. citizens?

Or is the A-Rab Xenophobia so compelling that they squander citizens' rights without even a hearing, then oppose their leader (for the first time in memory) by such shocking numbers?

[kpete]

16. CBS NEWS

House GOP Defies Bush On Ports Deal
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WASHINGTON, March 8, 2006
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(CBS/AP) In an election-year repudiation of President Bush, a House panel dominated by Republicans voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of some U.S port operations.

By 62-2, the Appropriations Committee voted to bar DP World, run by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, from holding leases or contracts at U.S. ports. Bush has promised to veto any such measure passed by Congress, but there is widespread public opposition to the deal and the GOP fears losing its advantage on the issue of national security in this fall's elections.

As the panel acted, Democrats on the other side of the Capitol were clamoring for a vote on the same issue in the GOP-led Senate.

"We believe an overwhelming majority will vote to end the deal," said Democrat Charles Schumer of New York, whose attempt to force the issue to the floor brought the Senate to a late-afternoon standstill.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/08/politics/main1380840.shtml

(Kpete: I still do not know who the 2 are)

[kpete]

17. Here are the 2............

Only Reps. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., and Jim Moran, D-Va., voted against the measure.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ports_security;_ylt=AqQzAldj5LjdqNySRp5za46s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[ladjf]

18. I believe they are trying to send a message to our idiot leader.