Senate Approves Bill to Allow FDA Regulation of Tobacco
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 12th, 2009 4:32 am by HL
Senate Approves Bill to Allow FDA Regulation of Tobacco
Landmark legislation approved by the Senate yesterday will give the federal government sweeping new powers to oversee tobacco products, allowing regulators to control factors including the amount of addictive nicotine in a cigarette and how that cigarette is packaged and marketed.
Obama Gives Up on Resettling Cleared Guantanamo Detainees in U.S., Officials Say
The Obama administration has all but abandoned plans to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been cleared for release to live in the United States, administration officials said yesterday, a decision that reflects bipartisan congressional opposition to admitting such prisoners but complicates…
Report Faults Bush Officials Over Utah Land Auction
A new report from the Department of the Interior says that Bush administration officials did not follow longstanding practices when they auctioned off 77 parcels of Utah land for oil and gas drilling while keeping the National Park Service in the dark about potential drilling near park land.
President Obama Holds Town Hall on Health Care
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Thank you, Green Bay! Good to see you! Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you so much! Thank you! Thank you! (APPLAUSE) Please, everybody, have a seat. It is great to be back in Green Bay. We are hoping that both the Packers and the Bears do better …
