Thread: URGENT UPDATE: FOOD TYRANNY BILL VOTE 9AM TODAY!

CURRENT HOUSE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS
LEGISLATIVE DAY OF DECEMBER 1, 2010
111TH CONGRESS - SECOND SESSION



http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html


Kathyet

[quote="working4change"][quote]The Senate’s controversial FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) now appears to be dead in the water!

As we reported to you 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,â€

Listening to my local late nite talk show.
from Roll Call. its being reported that there is one small problem with S. 510
it seems that in section 107 there is a provision that RAISES TAXES.


However, it must be noted in the US CONSTITUTION Article 1, Section 7 says that only the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES can initiate any legislature that raises taxes


http://www.rollcall.com/news/-201012-1.html

Well see if this is true, I don't trust any of them they are so sneaky...



blue slip

As explained on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_slip):

"This blue-slipping procedure, done by an order of the House, is routinely completed to enforce its interpretation that the House is the sole body to introduce revenue or appropriations legislation. The failure of the House to consider the legislation means it cannot become a law. This tactic has historically proven to be of great use to the House and, as a practical matter, the Senate does not introduce tax or revenue measures to avoid a blue slip."

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030588_Food_ ... z16xMRBdjt

S 510 Food Safety bill now dead in the water due to blue slip mistake

Wednesday, December 01, 2010
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(NaturalNews) It is now being revealed that US Senators slipped up in a big way when passing the Food Safety Modernization Act on Tuesday: They added what are effectively "new taxes" into the bill, and according to the U.S. Constitution, only the House of Representatives can initiate legislation requiring new taxes.

Thus, the House is now obliged to give this food safety legislation the so-called "blue slip," meaning that it rejects the law and sends it back to the Senate for yet another vote. This would take time and effort, of course, and the Democrats have very little of either remaining in their lame duck session.

As explained on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_slip):

"This blue-slipping procedure, done by an order of the House, is routinely completed to enforce its interpretation that the House is the sole body to introduce revenue or appropriations legislation. The failure of the House to consider the legislation means it cannot become a law. This tactic has historically proven to be of great use to the House and, as a practical matter, the Senate does not introduce tax or revenue measures to avoid a blue slip."

In other words, the House wants to remain the sole originator of all new taxes and will therefore need to "blue slip" S.510 in order to slap the hands of Senators who are trying to enact their own new taxes under the bill.

S.510 may be dead in the water
The upshot of this is that this fight is not yet over. Unless the House makes an unprecedented exception to this blue slip rule, this legislation will apparently need to go back to the Senate floor for another vote.

This story was first reported by RollCall.com (http://www.rollcall.com/news/-20101...) which says, "The debacle could prove to be a major embarrassment for Senate Democrats, who sought Tuesday to make the relatively unknown bill a major political issue by sending out numerous news releases trumpeting its passage." (http://www.rollcall.com/news/-20101...)

According to Roll Call, "The blue slip could lead to one of two likely outcomes. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) could simply drop the issue and let the next session of Congress start from scratch..."

"Or he could try to force the issue in the Senate after the House passes a new version of the bill. But in order to do that and still tackle the other issues, he would need a unanimous consent agreement to limit debate."

But unanimous consent is impossible thanks to the heroic efforts of Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla) who has stood firm on his belief that this bill is too large, too expensive and puts too much of a burden on American farmers.

If this assessment is correct, it looks like S.510 is now dead in the water and cannot be resurrected until the next session of Congress in which there will be far fewer Democrats (there was not a single Democrat in the US Senate who opposed the bill). (http://www.naturalnews.com/030577_S...)


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030588_Food_ ... z16xLei7oK


http://www.naturalnews.com/030588_Food_ ... _slip.html



Kathyet

Last Chance To Kill Food Bill

The House Ways and Means Committee might be the last chance we have to kill the Food Bill, passed by the Senate Tuesday morning.



According to the Constitution all bills generating revenue (taxes) have to originate out of the House of Representatives. Sec. 107 includes taxes (revenue raising) and originated in the Senate, NOT the House.



http://www.rollcall.com/news/-201012-1.html



Below is the link to the members of the Ways and Means Committee:



http://waysandmeans.house.gov/singlepag ... wsid=10462



If one of these members is from your state, make calls asking them to support the "Blue Slip" procedure to be invoked concerning S510. This might be our last chance to kill this bill. If it is invoked, the Senate will most likely not have enough time to redo the bill, before the end of the lame duck session. Those of you from Iowa, Tom Harkin is the committee chairman, he really needs to hear from all of you and everyone else in Iowa.



You can link to their website by going to the below link:



http://www.house.gov/






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