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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsm$nbc just reported that trump finally waived the jones act.
what took so frickin' long.
Trump authorizes waiver to loosen shipping regulations for Puerto Rico
"At @ricardorossello request, @POTUS has authorized the Jones Act be waived for Puerto Rico. It will go into effect immediately," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted Thursday morning.
He joined the growing list of officials who argued that lifting the the Jones Act -- a federal law designed to protect the financial interests of US shipbuilders by limiting shipping by foreign vessels -- would help expedite supplies to the ravaged island.
The act was quickly lifted to help Texas and Florida in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The Department of Homeland Security said it was able to lift the restrictions quickly because the Department of Defense requested a waiver for those states and the department hadn't yet done so for Puerto Rico.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/politics/puerto-rico-governor-white-house-jones-act-waiver/index.html
samnsara
(17,635 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)samnsara
(17,635 posts)....YAY....y'know trump waits til the very last minute to do these things. He wants ppl to grovel and he likes the idea he has the power to make it happen...or not...he wants ppl to get on their knees and beg.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)It became public information. And Trump could see the potential for political damage.
spanone
(135,873 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)pwb
(11,287 posts)So how would he know it needed to be done.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)He is so ignorant when it comes to Civics and government.
tblue37
(65,487 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)they waived it for texas and florida.....we didn't even hear about it.
tblue37
(65,487 posts)hadn't asked for the waiver yet as they did for Florida and Texas.
kydo
(2,679 posts)deplorables would lose Fl forever if there is a mass exodus of Puerto Rico.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)For him it is always about the people writing checks. He gives zero shits about whoever has to die for his greed.