There’s a coming Senate showdown over S.510, the fraudulently-named “food safety” bill: A cloture vote passed on Wednesday, November 17, but . . . there will be ANOTHER cloture vote on the 29th on an amended “manager’s” version of the bill. As we understand it, this new version will include the Tester-Hagan amendments to exempt [...]
Posts Tagged: food
S.510 will make your food more expensive, less safe
Quote of the Day: “Given sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.” — Woody Page, Denver sports columnist S. 510 will make your food more expensive and less safe. It will drive many small farms out of business. The leaders of the “lame duck” Congress want to pass this falsely named “food safety” bill NEXT WEEK, [...]
Finally, Some Good News
There’s some good news. Sen. Tom Coburn put a “hold” on S.510 – the dangerous “food safety” bill. He gives his reasons here. A “hold” is a Senator’s advance warning that he or she will filibuster a bill. This means 60 votes is needed to pass it. Coburn’s hold led Majority Leader Harry Reid to [...]
2 Hours Left to Stop Genetically Engineered Salmon
If you’re anything like I am you think messing around with the genetic makeup of any organism isn’t a good idea. Genetically engineered plants are already amongst us, but now genetically engineered animals are on the menu — specifically salmon. If you want to keep genetically engineered food off our tables, YOU MUST ACT NOW! Just follow [...]
Oppose S.510, the “Make Our Food More Expensive” Act
Dear Friend of Liberty, Power-hungry statists are never satisfied. Now they’re attempting to use a massive egg recall to shove S. 510, the so-called “Food Safety Modernization Act,” down our throats. S. 510, through a patchwork of rules and regulations on the food “industry,” will throw America’s heartland under the government-subsidized corporatist bus as it crushes [...]
Advertisements
Note: Advertisements help defray the costs of maintaining this website and are not intended as endorsements or recommendations of any goods, services, candidates, or parties.
Note: Advertisements help defray the costs of maintaining this website and are not intended as endorsements or recommendations of any goods, services, candidates, or parties.
