Food Safety Bill Hits Procedural Roadblock

December 3, 2010

  • December 3, 2010 at 3:17 am
    Al says:
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    It’s not a procedural hiccup, it’s a violation of the constitution.

    Now what? The House will either block the bill entirely or pass its own version of it. The latter option will mean that Reid will have to hold a vote to reopen debate on the bill, and will need unanimous consent to limit that debate. Otherwise, it could take the rest of the legislative calendar in the Senate to move the bill before the session ends and the bill has to be reintroduced. Even if the House cooperated, the bill could later be challenged in court as being procedurally deficient.

    Reid can forget about unanimous consent. Roll Call notes that Tom Coburn won’t agree to it due to his strong opposition to the bill in any form. Meanwhile, the issue will continue to draw attention to Democrats’ continued expansion of the regulatory state while ignoring jobs and the budget.

    Yesterday, Senate Democrats were crowing about this bill. Today, they’ll be eating crow. http://hotair.com/archives/2010/12/01/food-safety-bill-passes-senate-but-dead-in-the-water-because/

    PLUS, this bill prohibits farmers from raising their own seeds unless they have some kinda machine that “cleans” them or whatever – a machine that costs $100k!

    PLUS, this bill would basically put all roadside produce stands out of business. Follow the money to the big agribusiness companies.

    The Democrats think you’re too stupid to buy food.



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