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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 30 > Food safety bill vote comes up short

Food safety bill vote comes up short


July 30, 2009

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives failed Wednesday to pass an ambitious food safety plan that’s dividing rural lawmakers and the nation’s farm groups.

An overwhelming majority of the House voted for the bill, 280-150. The support, though, fell six votes....

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