ports deal attached to emergency spending bill [View All]

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is this new or did I just miss this?


A House of Representatives committee on Wednesday voted to block the Bush administration's plan for allowing a Dubai company to manage six U.S. ports. By a vote of 62-2, the House Appropriations Committee approved the amendment to stop the state-owned United Arab Emirates company Dubai Ports World from managing terminals at the American ports.

The legislation, which could be voted on by the full House next week, was attached to an emergency spending bill providing more funds for the war in Iraq and rebuilding southern states hit last year by hurricanes.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-03-08T230437Z_01_N08531725_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-PORTS-CONGRESS.xml

By its vote, the House committee attached the ports language to a must-pass $91 billion measure financing hurricane recovery and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The full House could consider that measure as early as next week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030800257.html