Re: Bill S. 510 now appears to be dead in the water!

[Guest guest]

This is great news! I sure hope if it resurfaces that we can manage to

convince our Senators and Congressmen just how bad an idea it is.

Zack

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Bee <beeisbuzzing2003@...> wrote:

>

>

> The Senate's controversial FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) now

> appears to be dead in the water!

>

> Yesterday the Senate passed its version of the Food Safety bill by a margin

> of 73 to 25, and sent it on to the House of Representatives for approval.

> Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) had previously agreed to accept the Senate's

> bill in place of the House's version, already approved, so this approval was

> expected to be pro-forma.

>

> But it turns out that Section 107 of the Senate bill contains a

> revenue-raising (i.e., taxing) provision. And such a provision is

> unconstitutional:

>

> " All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of

> Representatives, " according to Article I, Section 7, of the Constitution.

> Because the Senate violated the funding origination clause, the House has

> implemented a procedure known as " blue slipping " to block the bill, keeping

> it out of consideration and sending it back to the Senate.

>

> The only possible " quick fix " would be a unanimous consent agreement in the

> Senate to strike that revenue-raising provision from the bill—but Sen. Tom

> Coburn (R-OK) has already stated that he will oppose, so unanimity will be

> impossible. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is now faced with some tough

> choices: spend a huge amount of time all over again to deal with this (which

> is unlikely in a Lame Duck Congress, especially considering how

> controversial the bill is); or do nothing, and allow the bill to die at the

> end of this Congress.

>

> This will mean a new Food Safety Bill will be introduced next year—but next

> year's Congress will be very different from the current one, so we expect

> that the bill will look very different, and could be much more favorable to

> the natural health community.

>

> The best in health, Bee

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, thank you posting about this Bee. I was very worried about it.

[ ] Bill S. 510 now appears to be dead in the water!

The Senate's controversial FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) now

appears to be dead in the water!

Yesterday the Senate passed its version of the Food Safety bill by a margin of

73 to 25, and sent it on to the House of Representatives for approval

Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) had previously agreed to accept the Senate's

bill in place of the House's version, already approved, so this approval was

expected to be pro-forma.

But it turns out that Section 107 of the Senate bill contains a

revenue-raising (i.e., taxing) provision. And such a provision is

unconstitutional:

" All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of

Representatives, " according to Article I, Section 7, of the Constitution.

Because the Senate violated the funding origination clause, the House has

implemented a procedure known as " blue slipping " to block the bill, keeping it

out of consideration and sending it back to the Senate.

The only possible " quick fix " would be a unanimous consent agreement in the

Senate to strike that revenue-raising provision from the bill-but Sen. Tom

Coburn (R-OK) has already stated that he will oppose, so unanimity will be

impossible. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is now faced with some tough

choices: spend a huge amount of time all over again to deal with this (which is

unlikely in a Lame Duck Congress, especially considering how controversial the

bill is); or do nothing, and allow the bill to die at the end of this Congress.

This will mean a new Food Safety Bill will be introduced next year-but next

year's Congress will be very different from the current one, so we expect that

the bill will look very different, and could be much more favorable to the

natural health community.

The best in health, Bee

[Guest guest]

Already found my source, please disregard permission to post. Thanks!!

Kathy B