News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Friday, May 04, 2007

Delay over technicality could kill border security bill

By Brandi Grissom / Austin Bureau

Article Launched: 05/04/2007 12:00:00 AM MDT

AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry's plan to spend $100 million on the border stalled out in the Texas House on Thursday after a tearful and emotional debate over rules that govern the chamber and political priorities.

"Members, this is stupid. I'm ashamed to be here, and I'm ashamed of this House," said a teary-eyed, frustrated state Rep. David Swinford, R-Dumas, who is sponsoring the border plan.

After more than three hours of debate over the bill, lawmakers pointed out a technical error that required the legislation be sent back to committee, delaying a vote for several more days.

In the waning days of the session, as deadlines loom, delays could result in the death of a bill.

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