First Health Care, Next the Food Supply (7 GOP Senate Sponsors of another Crap Sandwich-2 from GA)

American Thinker ^ | November 17, 2010 | Michael Geer

[Mamzelle]

Introduced by Dick Durbin of Illinois, the bill has moved through the usual phases of amalgamation and deal-making. The monstrosity advancing to the floor on Wednesday is not so much "food safety" as it is the decadence of the rights of small farmers, hobbyist food producers, garden-variety farmers markets, and your average small producer of foodstuffs. Under the rubric of safety, this Senate proposes a bill that establishes such new and sweeping powers over how you and I produce and consume foodstuffs that even the Pew Charitable Trusts are calling S510 a clear and present danger.

[DNME]

I know this is a dead horse, but here goes.

Where in the HELL does the Constitution give Congress ANY power to do this?

Is this another cluster(bleep) brought to us by the Commerce Clause, or it this just more of Congress doing whatever the hell they feel like doing?

We obviously didn’t throw enough of them out. Keep tossing.

[Hoodat]

Chambliss and Isakson voted against cloture.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00250

Democrat against:
Ben Nelson - NE

Republicans in favor:
Alexander - TN
Barrasso - WY
Brown - MA
Burr - NC
Collins - ME
Corker - TN
Enzi - WY
Grassley - IA
Gregg - NH
Johanns - NE
LeMieux - FL
Luger - IN
Snowe - ME
Vitter - LA
Thune - SD
Voinovich - OH

[Earthdweller]

Why would any sane American support this? And people wonder why we now have a TEA party. This crop of the GOP excels at helping to snatch away our liberties.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Yep - people speak of the commiecrats "doubling-down" on their efforts, well so are their RINO counterparts. I was expecting such depravity, and they are apparently well on their way to delivering it in full.

 

 

[combat_boots]

From yesterday’s US Senate calendar:

“Following morning business, the Senate will resume the motion to proceed to S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, post-cloture.

The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 3:00pm to allow for a Democratic caucus meeting.

Time during any recess, adjournment or period of morning business will count post-cloture.

The Leaders will continue to work on an agreement to consider amendments to the Food Safety bill.

There will be no further roll call votes tonight. The next vote is expected to occur on Monday, November 29.

This evening, Senate Reid filed cloture on S.510, the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act, and the substitute amendment. The cloture vote on the substitute amendment will occur at 6:30pm on Monday, November 29.

Under the agreement reached this evening, if cloture is invoked, all post-cloture debate time will be yielded back except for the time specified in this agreement. The only amendments or motions in order are the ones specified below:

- Johanns motion to suspend Rule 22 for the purpose of proposing and considering amendment #4702 (1099 forms)
- Baucus motion to suspend Rule 22 for the purpose of proposing and considering amendment #4713 (1099 forms)

There will be a total of 60 minutes for debate with respect to these 2 motions with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Baucus and Johanns.

- Coburn motion to suspend Rule 22 for the purpose of proposing and considering amendment #4696 (substitute)
- Coburn motion to suspend Rule 22 for the purpose of proposing and considering amendment #4697 (earmarks)

There will be a total of 4 hours for debate with respect to the Coburn motions with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Coburn and Inouye or their designees.

Upon the use or yielding back of time specified in this agreement, the Senate will proceed to vote with respect to the motions to suspend in the order listed:
- Johanns (1099 forms)
- Baucus (1099 forms)
- Coburn (earmarks)
- Coburn (substitute)

If any motion is successful, then the Senate would proceed to vote immediately on the amendment. No further motions or amendments are in order. The substitute amendment, as amended, if amended, would be agreed to and the Senate would proceed to vote on passage of S.510, as amended. The cloture on the underlying bill will be withdrawn.

As a result of this agreement, the cloture vote on the substitute amendment will occur at 6:30pm on Monday, November 29.

If cloture is invoked, the motions to suspend would be in order. Upon the use or yielding back of debate time allotted by this agreement, the Senate would proceed to vote on the motions to suspend, any amendments if the motions are successful, and then on passage of S.510, as amended.

Votes:
251: Motion to proceed to S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act;
Agreed to: 57-27
Unanimous Consent:
The Senate passed/adopted the following by unanimous consent:

http://democrats.senate.gov/calendar/2010-11.html

[Nowhere Man]

Where does the U.S. Constitution delegate power to the the Federal Government to meddle in all of these affairs?

It's not the Federal Government, it's the Feral Government.

It's up to the people of this country to vote these rogues out of office and get our country back on track.

I'm as serious as a heart attack here but in reality, I fear my government more than I fear Al Quaida and/or the Taliban, and I fear the latter two very greatly. It should not be this way but it is with all these crap sandwiches these dolts are passing along with what Obongo is serving.

[Smokin' Joe]

It appears that some sort of psychotropic substance must have been introduced into the food chain in Washington D.C., specifically in the area of Capitol Hill. Is there any peaceful means by which these people can be restrained until it wears off, in say 100 years or so?

[TheThinker]

Roland Burris-that’s a joke.

[M. Espinola]

Follow the money, as in kick backs.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Right on bro. Al-Qaeda and the Taliban can’t be omnipresent in America, but the feebs are.

[exnavy]

... and they just keep pushing ....

[hoosierham]

The "Agribusiness" people don't like home gardens and small farmers.

Gotta get everybody under the big thumb.

[Tennessean4Bush]

The only bills I want to see coming from Congress are ones depleting the federal government of power and funds...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[aces]

Totally agree!!! Start selling off federal buildings in DC to pay the debt, cut departments to pay the debt, sell National Parks, eliminate income, business, capital gains and estate taxes..let the states handle the issues, they can be held more accountable, starve the friggin unaccountable beast, and outline their budget so strictly they can never do this again..