Posted on 07/31/2008 9:20:24 PM PDT by logician2u
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to the White House legislation that bans lead from children's toys and seeks to ensure that chemicals posing possible health problems will not end up on toys and articles that kids chew on and play with.
The Senate, stymied by partisan differences over the energy crisis, put aside those differences momentarily to vote 89-3 for the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. The House passed the bill Wednesday by 424-1, a reflection of the national outcry over a rash of recalls last years of toys and children's products contaminated by lead and other dangerous elements.
"We are going to make a big, big difference in the American marketplace," said Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., a sponsor of the bill.
The administration has objected to parts of the bill, but White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Thursday that President Bush would sign it. "We are ensuring that the products that come into America are safe for consumers and that the regulating agencies have what they need to do their job," she said.
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Later in the article, we learn the names of those four troglodytes who hate children. The fact that they're all Republicans can mean only one thing: there's no room for Constitution-abiding politicians in the Democratic party. That's not saying much about the "R" party, though.
I wish we could fire all of these clowns and start over. Is that even possible ?
Somewhere I bet we already have at least one law regulating this.
It's for the chillun, after all. Who could object?
In America, yes, I’ve called Feinstein and Boxer to fire them. Unfortunately what they don’t get is that they work for us. WE need to stand strongly and vote them out.
Umm,...a ban on lead toys...(?)..so the Congress is banning trade with Lead,.uh Red China?
Somehow, I survived.
This was a trap. The Dems dug it up to break the log jam the Republicans put up to force a vote on oil drilling.
This was a “feel good bill”. so that the dem led congress could point to something, anything they got done.
They probably hoped more R’s would vote against it, so they could crow about “republican opposition”, but the ‘pubs didn’t go for it.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the Republicans aren’t even that smart. (And neither are the Democrats, for that matter.)
Yeah. My grandpa grew up swimming in a sulpher pond and rolling his own smokes at the age of 12. He is still kickin and working in his 70s. He once told me got caught with a chick at school, they just told them to zip it up and go back to class. He did not end up in court and on the 11 o clock news. LOL
There was once a time where the US Congress didnt care and people were truly free !
We’re paying $4.00 a gallon for gas and they’re more worried about the lead in TOYS? Come on, get the lead out you moron congress dead beats!@ Time to vote out every single democrat and rino that voted to leave for vacation without the drilling bill on the table for a vote. I despise Pelosi and Reid!
Meantime $4.00 gas, Social Security going broke, Immigration clusterfluck.
Help! They’re planning to ban lead in toys!
Now what am I going to put in my .357 if lead in tous is really banned? Suggestions, quick.
Uh-oh, typo: tous=toys.
Still doesn’t solve the problem, though.
I just can’t understand why NO toy should EVER contain ANY lead at all. I mean, not every toy will end up in the mouth of some rugrat.
Sounds like more legislative propaganda.
Aren't you all just salivating in anticipation of learning the names of those four hateful, China-loving, children-poisoning Senators and Congressmen who voted against this legslation which President Bush had some objections to, but will sign anyway (like CFR, which he admitted was unconstitutional before he signed it)?
OK, here is the honor roll for HR 4040:
Nanny-state ping!
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