Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban ‘Absurd’

MyFox New York | The legislation, which Assemblyman Felix Ortiz , D-Brooklyn, introduced on March 5, would fine restaurants $1,000 for each violation.

McCain Withdraws Support of Supplement Legislation

March 10, 2010 Wall Street Journal NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Shares of nutritional supplement makers climbed Monday as Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz) withdrew his support for legislation to regulate dietary supplements. “It looks like it will be an easier world to be in the dietary supplement business,” said Avondale analyst Bret Jordan. “The bill would have significantly tightened

Obama to Push Immigration Before Elections

Obama met with Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham in an attempt to map out a plan for running the legislation before representatives become too busy with the fall election.

Obama looking to give new life to immigration reform

L.A. Times | In an effort to advance a bill through Congress before midterm elections, the president meets with two senators who have spent months trying to craft legislation.

U.S. lawmakers launch push to repeal NAFTA

Thomson Reuters | A small group of U.S. lawmakers planned to offer legislation Thursday to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement in the latest sign of congressional disillusionment with free-trade deals.

Senate Approves Patriot Act Reauthorization

Andrew Ramonas | The Senate endorsed by voice vote Wednesday night legislation that would temporarily extend three Patriot Act provisions set to expire at the end of this month.

Shell has ‘Global Government’ Vice-President to push climate change propaganda

You Tube | Here’s a glimpse of Shell Oil’s propaganda push for climate change legislation, with a few supporting words from their VP of “Global Government Relations.”

Texas ordered to destroy five million blood samples illegally taken from babies without consent

(NaturalNews) The subject of a recent federal lawsuit, routine blood samples legally taken from Texas newborns to screen for disorders and diseases were illegally being kept by the Texas Department of State Health Services without parental consent. Found to have begun holding and retaining such blood samples since 2002, the agency is being sued on behalf of the children’s parents by the Texas Civil Rights Project. Legislation passed in May 2009 allows for blood samples to be retained indefinitely but allows parents to opt out if they wish to do so. However the lawsuit maintains that all blood samples obtained prior to the legislation be destroyed in cooperation with the law at that time. While the Health Department has agreed to destroy the samples, which have been preserved as blood spot cards, it is requesting permission to keep the blood samples of 400 children whose blood tested positive for certain atypical disorders. The lawsuit is demanding no financial restitution for the state’s crimes, citing only privacy concerns and the principle of …

Defections Shake Up Climate Coalition

By Stephen Power And Ben Casselman Three big companies quit an influential lobbying group that had focused on shaping climate-change legislation, in the latest sign that support for an ambitious bill is melting away. Oil giants BP PLC and ConocoPhillips and heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Tuesday they won’t renew their membership in the three-year-old U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a broad business-environmental coalition that had been instrumental in building support in Washington for capping emissions of greenhouse gases. The move comes as debate over climate change intensifies and concerns mount about the cost of capping greenhouse-gas emissions. On a range of issues, from climate change to health care, skepticism is growing in Washington that Congress will pass any major legislation in a contentious election year in which Republicans are expected to gain seats. For companies, the shifting winds have reduced pressure to find common ground, leading them to pursue their own, sometimes conflicting interests. Last week, the head of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Billy Tauzin, said he would …

U.S. Jobs Bill Won’t Add Many Jobs

February 10th, 2010 Yahoo By Stephen Ohlemacher It’s a bipartisan jobs bill that would hand President Barack Obama a badly needed political victory and placate Republicans with tax cuts at the same time. But it has a problem: It won’t create many jobs. Even the Obama administration acknowledges the legislation’s centerpiece — a tax cut for businesses that hire

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