You’ve heard of helicopter parenting? S. 1693 would require the Secretary of Agriculture to enhance coordination with states and schools operating school meal programs in the case of a recall of contaminated food.
I think states and schools systems can handle it.
We’ve pointed out new constitutional amendments a couple of times here. Well, a bunch of new ones are on Congress’ docket.
Just for you, we’ve organized them into two piles. From the consistent-with-our-scheme-of-negative-rights pile, there’s:
H. J. Res. 28, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote
H. J. [...]
President-Elect Obama began to sketch his economic recovery plan in his weekly address yesterday. It’s long on spending but short on price tag.
The items he features in the talk include energy, roads and bridges, schools, broadband, and electronic medical records.
Of the items on the list, the energy idea seems to hold the most promise. [...]
In case you thought campaign season was over, Jim Holbert has begun to run for the 2010 Democratic nomination to represent Kentucky’s fifth congressional district.
The seat is currently held by Republican Hal Rogers. Holbert’s independent campaign for the seat in 2008 fared pretty well, though he did not unseat Kentucky’s longest serving representative. [...]