House Passes Food Safety Bill, Raising Powers of F.D.A.

[tangent4ronpaul]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/business/22food.html?src=busln

This time it is for real. After running a tortured and zig-zag course through Congress, a long-awaited food safety bill passed a final, clinching vote on Tuesday in the House of Representatives.

President Obama had backed the legislation and was expected to sign it into law.

Supporters, including Democrats and Republicans, hailed the measure as a landmark modernization of the nation’s food safety system, one that gives the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over food products, whether they come from this country or are imported from abroad. The bill passed by a vote of 215 to 144.

Anyone have a roll call?

-t

[puppetmaster]

screw the gov...they don't like what I do...then bring it on!

[Lucille]

Shocking.

I hate this fascist government. And I hate the GOP, because THEY let this happen. THEY wanted it too. No doubt the conservative grassroots will continue to pretend the GOP is the answer to all their prayers.

I haven't checked. Have Senate Republicans made a statement yet on why they all "allowed" this to go through?

[TCE]

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2010-661

There is the vote.

Democrats voting NAY:

OK-2 Boren, Dan [D]
CA-18 Cardoza, Dennis [D]
MS-1 Childers, Travis [D]
CA-20 Costa, Jim [D]
CA-17 Farr, Sam [D]
GA-8 Marshall, James [D]
VA-5 Perriello, Thomas [D]
MN-7 Peterson, Collin [D]

Republicans Voting AYE:
IL-13 Biggert, Judy [R]
DE-0 Castle, Michael [R]
PA-15 Dent, Charles [R]
HI-1 Djou, Charles [R]
MI-3 Ehlers, Vernon [R]
NE-1 Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R]
NY-26 Lee, Christopher [R]
IL-6 Roskam, Peter [R]
NE-2 Terry, Lee [R]
VA-10 Wolf, Frank [R]