FDA appropriations bill passes House
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The House on Aug. 2 passed its appropriations bill (H.R. 3161), which proposes $1.69 bil. in direct funding for FDA in fiscal 2008. No significant changes affecting FDA were made to the bill sent to the floor by the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee (1"The Rose Sheet" July 23, 2007, p. 8). The same day, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., asked Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-N.V., to delay naming conferees for the legislation. "If we do this too early, we set ourselves up for the blame game, not for getting this key legislation done," Enzi said. The Senate has not yet passed its corresponding bill (S. 1859)...