Senate blocks funding for Mexican trucks test

Good, it wasn’t a good idea anyway

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to block funding for a Bush administration test program to let Mexican long-haul trucks operate in the United States under 1994′s North American Free Trade Agreement.

One day after a fiery truck accident killed dozens in Mexico, the Senate approved an amendment to a transportation spending bill that would cut off funding for the test, which the administration authorized last week to last for one year.

The House of Representatives has passed a similar measure.

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