From the Niagara Falls Review:
Within minutes of receiving word the controversial passport law had been delayed until summer 2009, Arlene White spread the good news.
With a few clicks of her computer mouse, the executive director at the Binational Tourism Alliance instantly notified some 5,000 associates that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative has been placed on hold for at least two years.
“We are unbelievably happy right now,” she said Friday afternoon.
“It’s a relief to finally hear some sensible approach to this.”
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 379 to 45 Friday to prohibit the implementation of WHTI at the Canada-U.S. border until June 2009.