Manager's amendment
Kate Cyrul at the Senate Agriculture Committee reports that more than 100 amendments have been cleared by both sides for inclusion into the manager's amendment, which she reports is "still coming together." More Democratic amendments will be laid down this afternoon.
Robert Guenther of United reports that one question is whether Calif. Sen. Dianne Feinstein will present an amendment that will transfer AQI (border pest inspection services) from the Department of Homeland Security back to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Feinstein may also have an amendment about the leafy greens marketing order, but that could be included in the manager's amendment.Labels: Dianne Feinstein, FDA, Robert Guenther
posted by Tom Karst @ 11:54 AM
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Feinstein has received scrutiny for husband Richard Blum. As of December 2006, according to SEC filings and Fedspending. Org, three corporations in which Blum's financial entities own a total of $1 billion in stock won considerable favor from the budgets of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2003 URS Corp., a San Francisco planning and engineering firm partially owned by Blum, landed an Army contract Monday worth up to $600 million. My bet is that if the administration doesn't want its Homeland Security Department "land grab" messed with, Feinstein will NOT introduce the bill but rather find some lame reason to fail and cover her tracks by wrapping herself in the flag.
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