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News Wire: Border economy on minds of Union Pacific, New Mexico senator

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Thursday, April 27, 2017 9:48 AM

WASHINGTON — A U.S. senator who paid a recent visit to the rail and intermodal hub at Santa Teresa, N.M., says he welcomes news that President Trump apparently won't threaten a government shutdown if his border wall is not in a must-pass budget...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/04/27-new-mexico

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Posted by Norm48327 on Thursday, April 27, 2017 2:26 PM

Sounds like we are getting involved in politics. Sides anyone? We already know from reading their columns where Frailey and Phillis stand Do we need more?

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Posted by PNWRMNM on Friday, April 28, 2017 7:07 AM

A total political piece that Trains introduced. The "no politics" policy is both a farce and impossible to enforce in a railroad space because so much of what the railroads do is political. Fortunately enforcement of Trains' 'no politics" policy has been as weak as Obama's enforcement of our immigration laws.

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