Cornyn spikes Mexican public works bill

He's not out of the doghouse yet, as far as we are concerned, but U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas took a step in the right direction by spiking his own bill that would create an investment fund for public works in Mexico (paid for, of course, by U.S. and Canadian taxpayers).

Cornyn's office said he took the action after taking a second look (or maybe it was a first look) at the measure, which reads as if it had been written by someone close to American University's Professor Robert Pastor, a big fan of EU-style mega-governments. Pastor wants one for North America.

Which brings up an interesting point: why do senators and congressmen introduce bills they apparently have not read? Who drafts these things? What is the process for getting a senator to sign the dotted line?

Sounds as if we need some of that reform in Washington.

And Cornyn still hasn't explained why he voted against funding 370 miles of new security fences for the southern border. Not out of the doghouse yet, no sirree.