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Bid for non-FDA oversight rejected
Jump to full article: Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, 2009-06-10
Author: James R. Carroll
Intro: In a key test vote yesterday, the U.S. Senate rejected an effort to block the regulation of tobacco by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
By a 60-36 vote, senators turned back a plan to give regulation to a new agency in an amendment sponsored by North Carolina Sens. Richard Burr, a Republican, and Kay Hagan, a Democrat.
Their amendment was presented as an alternative to legislation by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., that would grant the FDA the power over the manufacture, marketing and sales of tobacco products.
Kennedy's landmark bill appears to have at least the 60 votes needed for passage, which could come as early as today. The House has passed a similar bill.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., oppose Kennedy's bill and voted for Burr's alternative.
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