FedGov Taking Over Auto, Financial, & Healthcare Industries Not Enough For you? You're in Luck ::: House passes far-reaching food safety bill

I'm starting to get a little nervous about direct-quoting AP articles, but I'm sure enough pundits will start freaking out on this one soon enough that I'll be at no loss for material.

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That's not really a smile.

Here are two lines:

President Barack Obama praised the bill soon after it was passed, calling it "a major step forward in modernizing our food safety system."

Farm-state members had argued that the bill would be too invasive on farms and had pushed colleagues to vote against it as it was considered under a special procedure that requires a two-thirds vote. It was rejected Wednesday by a few votes.

House passes far-reaching food safety bill