Food Safety: The Lame Duck Can Be Deadly

Food Safety: The Lame Duck Can Be Deadly

The “lame-duck” session is the interval between the November elections and the commencement of the newly-elected 112th Congress in January. This means members of Congress who’ve been fired from their jobs have one last shot, in November and December, at imposing their ideological agenda on the nation.

The lame-duck session is dangerous. Those who’ve been fired from their jobs will no longer care what we think.

But just as frightening are the re-elected members, who will be eager to finish up old business before getting a fresh start after the New Year.

For instance, members of both parties could rush to pass S.510, the fake “food safety” bill that would crush family farms and small businesses. They might think we’ll forget about this vote by the time of the next elections in two years. This means . . .

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