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<title>P.L. 110-314, The Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.33</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-314.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4040 would establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508133.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508133.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3422, The Food Tracking Improvement Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3422.html</link>
<description> S. 3422 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the establishment of a traceability system for food....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512340.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512340.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3315, The Video Game Rating Enforcement Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3315.html</link>
<description> S. 3315 would prohibit the distribution or sale of video games that do not have age-based content rating labels, and it would prohibit the sale or rental of video games with adult content ratings to minors....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200511977.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200511977.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6325, The Packaging Reduction Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6325.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6325 would require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a plan to reduce the total amount of packaging used on consumer products in the United States....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200511521.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200511521.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1108, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Cost per Average Family: $85.12</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1108.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1108 would protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200503241.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200503241.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6228, The Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6228.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6228 would ban the use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200511358.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200511358.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5990, The Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5990.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5990 would require ratings label on video games and it would prohibit the sales and rentals of adult-rated video games to minors....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510947.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510947.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4279, The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.99</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4279.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4279 would enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508535.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508535.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5904, The Safe FEAST Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5904.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5904 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new procedures and requirements to improve the safety of food, whether produced and distributed domestically or imported into the United States, by providing for improved information technology to identify high-risk imports and for enhanced capacity in the United States and in foreign governments to identify and address food safety issues on a scientific basis....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510765.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510765.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5522, The Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $2.07</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5522.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5522 would require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510123.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510123.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5689, The Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5689.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5689 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title 18, United States Code, to deter the smuggling of tobacco products into the United States....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510442.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510442.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5480, The Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $131.89</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5480.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5480 would respond to a Medicare funding warning....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510046.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510046.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2662, The Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $131.89</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2662.html</link>
<description> S. 2662 would respond to a medicare funding warning....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510058.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510058.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2663, The CPSC Reform Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2663.html</link>
<description> S. 2663 would reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, it would improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, and it would improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510059.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510059.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 625, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Cost per Average Family: $84.54</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_625.html</link>
<description> S. 625 would protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200503266.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200503266.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2045, The CPSC Reform Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $4.45</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2045.html</link>
<description> S. 2045 would reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, it would improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, and it would improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507323.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507323.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4525, To codify the definition of terms used in subheading 1604.14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4525.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4525 would codify the definition of terms used in subheading 1604.14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508846.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508846.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2317, The Intellectual Property Enforcement Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2317.html</link>
<description> S. 2317 would amend titles 17 and 18, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 to strengthen and harmonize the protection of intellectual property....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508249.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508249.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4076, The Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4076.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4076 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase criminal penalties for the sale or trade of prescription drugs knowingly caused to be adulterated or misbranded, it would modify requirements for maintaining records of the chain-of-custody of prescription drugs, and it would establish recall authority regarding drugs....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508196.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508196.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 380, The Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.71</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_380.html</link>
<description> H.R. 380 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200502062.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200502062.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3903, The Kids' Toys Safety Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3903.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3903 would amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the development of a multi-stage product testing process to ensure compliance of children's products with consumer product safety standards....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507875.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507875.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3691, The SAFE Consumer Product Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3691.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3691 would reauthorize and improve the Consumer Product Safety Act....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507568.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507568.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3624, The Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3624.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3624 would establish a comprehensive program to ensure the safety of food products intended for human consumption which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507461.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507461.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2037, A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to make it unlawful to sell a recalled product, and for other purposes</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2037.html</link>
<description> S. 2037 would amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to make it unlawful to sell a recalled product....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507313.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507313.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3340, To amend the Agricultural Manufacturing Act of 1946 to require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest, and for other purposes</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3340.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3340 would amend the Agricultural Manufacturing Act of 1946 to require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507012.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507012.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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