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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:13 PM Original message |
In Sunday-evening surprise, Senate unanimously passes food safety bill |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Anyone know what it consists of? I haven't researched this and the article was vague |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Essentially |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. TY. Still curious about how they will implement and pay for it |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Here's the full text... |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Thanks much! :) |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Are we for sure they excluded the small farmers? |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, I read a month or so ago ... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Smart solution - and your explanation is great |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rack 'em up! K/R |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. These concerns remain: |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It also hits the local food marketplace, farmers markets and such, hard |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I wish the cheerleaders here for this bill would read your post. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Thank you, lildreamer316. n/t |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Or maybe we should read Cleo's link to the actual bill |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Monsanto sponsored this bill? How exactly did it 'sponsor' the bill? |
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mommalegga (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The same way Haliburton "sponsered" the Iraq war...NT |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. How exactly did Haliburton sponsor the Iraq war? |
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mommalegga (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Didnt you know |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. So, by that logic, Joe Biden is the mastermind behind the new Food Safety bill? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Look into the lobbyists who came to see the key Senatotrs. |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Do you have a link? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Ihope to be talking to Lucy Sharrat sometime over the next two weeks. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Lobbying for the passage of a bill is not the same as 'sponsoring' it |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Fail |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So, where is the proof that labbyist wrote this bill? |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I never said it was, I answered your question |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. The Senate record shows that Dick Dubin sponsored it and ALL the Democrats voted for it |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. It likely WROTE it ... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Likely?" Do you have any evidence to back up your assertion that |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Well, if I could at the meetings between the committee and .. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. THANK YOU for posting this info |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. You might think to question why Bernie Sanders and all the Democrats voted for it |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Give me a line-by-line breakout of those claims |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Do you have a link for this polemic |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. You would think food safety is a good thing but apparently it is not. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Not when it's Monsanto's idea of "food safety"; if they didn't patent it |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. So, we just assume that because a good Kucinich supporter posts |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. I think we should get rid of the FDA and let the "invisible hand of the market" take care of |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. Anyone who is happy about this isn't paying attention. |
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VeryConfused (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. This is very good news |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
39. I fail to see how |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Regulatory capture |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Here, Recursion, is the lobbyist info. |
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