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March 04, 2008
Big Senate floor victory tonight on product safety
Tonight, the U.S. Senate soundly defeated on a 57-39 vote the DeMint (R-SC) amendment to substitute the House CPSC bill for the more comprehensive Senate bill. Yes, to table the amendment, is the consumer vote. Senators who voted No deserve phone calls from their constituents: You might ask: "Why did you vote against giving the CPSC authority to protect children from dangerous magnet hazards?" or, "Why did you vote against giving the public a new product safety database to find out about dangerous products?"
The number is 202-224-3121.
More information on CPSC reform on the Senate floor is in my last two blogs here and here. There is no question that the National Association of Manufacturers will continue its misguided efforts to weaken this important effort to improve the CPSC's ability to protect us, but the Senators fighting for the best final law possible won a key vote tonight.
On Wednesday, expect consideration of a number of good and bad amendments. This bill may go to final Senate passage either Wednesday night or more likely sometime Thursday.
Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at March 4, 2008 07:33 PM
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