Senate OKs $100B Agriculture, Drug Bill

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a $100 billion spending bill for agriculture, food and drug programs, averting debate over emergency contraception and other controversies.

"This is not the last word on this issue," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who had sought to cut millions of dollars from the Food and Drug Administration's budget because of its refusal to allow over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill called Plan B.

"The FDA is letting politics trump science in the way it approves medicines for the American consumer," Murray said.

Senators ultimately decided not to offer controversial amendments from Murray and others, sparing colleagues from having to vote on issues that might make their re-elections next year more difficult.........

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/22/AR2005092200883.html

[Ruby Romaine]

1. is this the bill that will allow food that has been

irradiated, genetically modified & fertilized w/ toxic sludge
to be called "Organic"?