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Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008
To authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes.
Other Bill Titles (3 more) 5/13/2008--Introduced.
Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance to Mexico and to the countries of Central America for:
(1) law enforcement and security assistance, in... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House |  | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| May 13, 2008 | June 10, 2008 |
Latest Vote
| June 10, 2008Roll call number 393 in the House | |||
| Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 6028 Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act | |||
| Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 2/3 (66%) | Percentage of 'aye' votes: 71% | Result: Passed | |
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In the News
June 11, 2008 Poe votes against drug-fighting plan
WASHINGTON, DC â Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) voted against HR 6028, the Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime ...
May 19, 2008 Congressman Poe Works to Secure Funding for Texas Border
WASHINGTON, DC â Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) offered an amendment today to HR 6028, the Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized ...
May 16, 2008 Congressman Poe Works to Secure Funding for Texas Border
Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) offered an amendment to HR 6028, the Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act ...
Blog Coverage
June 22, 2008 MEX : Mexican Army Incursions Threaten Zapatista Jungle Region
A bill known as the Merida Initiative, more commonly labeled âPlan Mexico,â after the failed Plan Colombia, is currently winding a twisted path through the two houses of Congress as HR 6028. Each house has approved a different version ...
Source: Marijuana.com
June 17, 2008 Update no.340
Laws like HR 6028 continue us on the inexorable march toward the latter condition. And, we remain blind to reality. Nonetheless, in true Quixote-esque fashion, I shall continue my lonely quest. -- Zimbabwe has scheduled a runoff ...
Source: Update from the Heartland
June 13, 2008 Poe votes against drug-fighting plan
Congressman Ted Poe voted against HR 6028, the Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008, according to a release issued by his press secretary. ...
Source: Texas Uproar
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There should be limitations on all foreign aid, especially the new five year budgets and tripled program Congressional budgets like PEPFAR and farming programs. There should also be quantifiable results. Where are the quantifiable reports for foreign aid programs like aids treatment? Maybe 30% actually goes to aids treatment and the rest is taken by other agencies. What about farming? We always have emergencies that cost us billions when we provide 40% of the world's food aid.
Pouring monetary and military resources into drug wars has never, and never will work. The real Solution is legalization of recreational drugs with certain regulations placed upon their use. Here is a link which came out yesterday showing how the same type of initiative in Colombia, after 5 decades, has not worked at all. The link is:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25242986/
Representative Cazayoux,
I am extremely disappointed in you for voting to GIVE 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS to Mexico to fight drug cartels and for OTHER PURPOSES. (Do you know what those OTHER PURPOSES are because I'm sure they will never be made public.)
In case you are unaware, Mexicans and other South Americans have been streaming across our southern borders, stealing our identities, our jobs, and our social services. The Mexican government hands out booklets telling their own citizens how to cross our borders undetected, and opened up over 50 Consulates to help them stay. The amount of money sent back to families in Mexico exceeds Mexicos income from ther petroleum industry. Laws passed by Congress to build a fence along our southern border remain unfunded by the very same Congress that passed those laws. This government is waging an unjust war in Iraq, funded to the tune of 600 billion dollars by the COMMUNIST Chinese and had to borrow more to provide financial aid to it's own citizens. This country continues to praise NAFTA as we have gone from a trade surplus to a trade deficit. We have a nation debt of 9 trillion dollars. Your charitable insticts must be tempered with common sense!
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