FDA House Committee Passes Amendment
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Didn't the ammendment to the agricultural bill pass in committee, but fail on the House floor? Do I remember right? If I understand correctly, this would have a better chance of getting through, 'cause there doesn't seem to be much interest in shutting down the Government over the budget, this year.
To be Honest with you, I Don't Like when things are Inserted/Amended into a Budget Appropriations knowing that there Isn't Interest in Holding Up the Budget/Shutting Down the Government over it.
But we as Vapers have Gotten the Short End of the Stick it seems at EVERY Step along the way.
And this is Kinda Do-or-Die at this point.
Yes. That is, if this were to pass the full House, the Senate, and the President's signature.So, does the "predicate" date become the date of the "deeming"?
Interesting that a democrat (Sanford Bishop) is also a sponsor of the amendment. For those interested this is the text of the amendment
COLE_027_xml.pdf
COLE_027_xml.pdf
Maybe I'm confused, but I think this is not Rep. Cole's HR2058, which I think is a stand alone bill. Good to see a Democrat join him in introducing this ammendment.
Does the House vote on this amendment separately, or just on the full Bill including the amendment?
Somebody who knows more than me will have to explain whether this is good news or great news.
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The amendment approved by the House Approps Cmte is similar to the Cole bill, but was included in the budget to prevent FDA from enforcing the 2007 grandfather date in the Deeming Ban.
Last year, the House Approps Cmte approved a similar (but superior) amendment, but it wasn't included in the
Senate Approps Cmte bill nor in the final budget approved in December.
The amendment offered this year contains more restrictions on e-cigs, but has a better chance of being approved by Congress.
If enacted, Obama won't veto this must pass budget bill.
Last year, the House Approps Cmte approved a similar (but superior) amendment, but it wasn't included in the
Senate Approps Cmte bill nor in the final budget approved in December.
The amendment offered this year contains more restrictions on e-cigs, but has a better chance of being approved by Congress.
If enacted, Obama won't veto this must pass budget bill.
I think they can vote on it separately, modify the ammendment, put in other ammendmants..., but I'm not sure and would like to know, too.
I will patiently wait to see if somebody explains the difference between this and HR2058. I don't have enough patience to search for the answer myself.
This is not the same bill as HR2058, and is not actually a bill as it is an amendment.
A good guess would be that the part about batteries was added to the amendment to get the support of fence sitters.
Thanks. Found the mention of FDA regulating the batteries. I hope that's the only difference.
This is the best news that we have had in quite awhile. At least it is a step in the right direction. 
This is the best news that we have had in quite awhile. At least it is a step in the right direction.
Only took us what? 6 years? And we're not even halfway there...
Oy..............
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