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Reid Calls for Full FSMA Funding on Senate Floor

By Lydia Zuraw on June 17, 2015

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) urged Congress to fully fund the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in his remarks Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate. “Unfortunately for many Americans, falling ill from…
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Senate Vote on Agriculture Funding Bill Delayed Twice by Partisan Wrangling

By Cathy Siegner on June 20, 2014
The $180-billion “minibus” package of appropriations bills to fund agriculture and other government programs for fiscal 2015 was pulled from the Senate floor Thursday afternoon by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) after his attempt

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Letter From The Editor: Fiscal Cliff Diving

By Dan Flynn on November 11, 2012

As a boy growing up in the Midwest with rivers and lakes and the occasional hill, I always thought I was in the best place. Then came the Elvis Presley movie, “Fun in Acapulco.” The…
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Food Safety News Nice List 2010

By Dan Flynn on December 25, 2010

It’s Christmas and time for Food Safety News to present its second annual Nice List.  

For the nice, being on our Nice List is as good as it gets, although those named should not

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Election Unlikely to Change S. 510 Fate in Senate

By Helena Bottemiller on November 3, 2010

Though Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives, Democrats maintained narrow control of the Senate in Tuesday’s midterm election, a reality that will likely not impact the fate of the pending FDA Food Safety

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It’s Alive! Reid Files Cloture on Food Safety Bill

By Helena Bottemiller on September 30, 2010

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture on the food safety bill late yesterday, a move that will ready the measure for a vote after the midterm election, an aide told Food Safety News

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Senate Remains at Impasse Over Food Safety Bill

By Helena Bottemiller on September 22, 2010

Despite a flurry of rumors to the contrary, the food safety bill pending in the Senate does not appear to moving anywhere fast.

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) “hotlined” the bipartisan bill yesterday, notifying senators

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Coburn to Reid: Don’t Blame Me on S. 510

By Helena Bottemiller on September 18, 2010

Food safety legislation that had picked up steam in the wake of a massive egg recall has hit a major snag.  On the Senate floor Thursday, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Sen. Tom Coburn’s

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Reid Promises E. coli Survivor Action on S. 510

By Laurel Curran on July 30, 2010

Linda Rivera, a Reno, Nevada woman who contracted E. coli from cookie dough and has been battling for her life for the past fifteen months, has been promised the Senate will move on the pending

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Reid Wants to Pass Food Bills Before Recess

By Helena Bottemiller on July 29, 2010

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday he hopes to pass pending food safety legislation and the child nutrition reauthorization, two major food bills, before August recess. 
 
Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), the

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Poll: Most NV Voters Support Food Safety Bill

By Helena Bottemiller on July 9, 2010

Poll Puts Pressure on Senate Majority Leader to Schedule Food Safety Bill for a Vote

Eighty-two percent of Nevada voters say they support the food safety legislation pending in the Senate, according to a poll …
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