North Carolina congressmen split on FDA regulation of tobacco
Note: This is a corrected version. I left out Patrick McHenry and mistakenly created a Patrick Murphy in my original post.
Five North Carolina congressmen voted FOR the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives 298-112 yesterday.
This is the bill that subjects tobacco products to regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.
Sens. Kay Hagan and Richard Burr are seeking to head off this regulation with a less onerous proposal of their own.
According to the House roll call, North Carolina representatives voting FOR the bill were:
G.K Butterfield (D), Bob Etheridge (D), Brad Miller (D), David Price (D) and Mel Watt (D).
Voting AGAINST were:
Howard Coble (R), Virginia Foxx (R), Walter Jones (R), Larry Kissell (D), Patrick McHenry (R), Mike McIntyre (D), Sue Myrick (R) and Heath Shuler (D).
Who would have thought, even a few years ago, that as many as five North Carolina congressmen, or any, would back a measure putting so much additional federal authority over the tobacco industry?
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Note: This is a corrected version. I left out Patrick McHenry and mistakenly created a Patrick Murphy in my original post.* Doug
Good for you! No doubt you had too much to drink on Saint Patrick Day. It appears that you Scot-Irish Pot smokers can't handle Irish Green Beer.......
Posted on April 3, 2009 12:14 PM
You're right.
I never drank any green beer.
Posted on April 3, 2009 12:37 PM