Sunday, December 19, 2010 11:22
Tonight, under the cover of darkness, the Food Safety bill cleared the Senate by unanimous consent. According to The Hill:
The Senate unexpectedly approved food safety legislation by unanimous consent Sunday evening, rescuing a bill that floated in limbo for weeks because of a clerical error.
The Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act on Nov. 30 by a vote of 73-25. But the bill was later invalidated by a technical objection because it was a revenue-raising measure that did not originate in the House — Senate staff had failed to substitute the food safety language into a House-originated bill.
Just when everyone thought this bill was a goner to a clerical error, it comes back from the dead. Maybe this was part of the bargain for the tax cuts, which would be very short sighted indeed.
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