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  • Food Safety Bill Gets Post-Turkey Day Vote (There's still time: won't vote until after Thanks..)

    11/20/2010 7:34:48 AM PST · by Mrs. Don-o · 14 replies
    NPR ^ | Nov. 19, 2010 | April Fulton
    Just about the time you're tucking into your Thanksgiving leftovers, the Senate will get around to a final vote on the food safety bill. By Thursday night in the Capitol, it was all about negotiating with the lone hold-out, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK).Coburn had threatened to hold up the food safety bill to get a vote to ban spending on lawmaker's pet projects, a.k.a. an "earmarks" ban. And eventually, he got that assurance. [snip] The bill would give the Food and Drug Administration more authority to recall tainted foods and increase inspections, as well as put new produce safety requirements...