What will be the excuse for rethugs to vote against the child nutrition bill?

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/food-safety/111363-reid-wants-child-nutrition-bill-before-recess


Reid wants child nutrition bill before recess
By Mike Lillis - 07/28/10 11:15 AM ET


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said this week that Democrats are hoping to pass a child nutrition bill before lawmakers leave town for the August recess.

The $4.5 billion proposal, sponsored by Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), would expand eligibility for school meal programs; establish nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools; and provide a 6-cent increase for each school lunch to help cafeterias serve healthier meals.

It’s a much smaller expansion than the $10 billion proposal endorsed by the White House earlier in the year, but it would mark the first non-inflationary hike in school-lunch reimbursements in almost four decades.

Lincoln’s bill passed unanimously out of the Senate Agriculture Committee in March, and Reid says he’s hopeful he can rally the bipartisan support he’ll need to push it through the upper chamber in the next week and a half.

“It would be nice if we could do something with child nutrition — we’re going to try to do that,” Reid told reporters at the Capitol Tuesday. “I’m told that that could be bipartisan.”

House lawmakers are pushing the issue as well. Earlier this month, the House Education and Labor Committee sent an $8 billion child nutrition bill to the floor.

Reid said he also wants to move food safety legislation before the August break.

[muntrv]

1. "It's an assault on our freedoms!" That's their standard line.

[begin_within]

2. It's another costly, inefficient government program!

[NC_Nurse]

3. The deficit, dontcha know...only money for rich folks' tax cuts allowed. And wars.

[MadMaddie]

4. Cuz it will take billlons out of the Corporations till

well that is what they would say....if they were telling the truth.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Score one for Blanche.

She's not my favorite Democrat, but credit where it's due...

[babylonsister]

6. Yes, that surprised me. Something that won't affect

her 'views'? Or is there a rider where food bought from Walmart might be better? :spray:

[earthside]

7. How is it paid for?

I thought the Democratic Congress was operating now under 'pay-go'.

Just wondering.

I hope it is not adding to the deficit.

I would like to see these kinds of things paid for by off-setting cuts in the Pentagon or Homeland Security budgets.

[babylonsister]

9. I could look it up, or you could look it up. nt

[femmocrat]

8. It doesn't promote ketchup as a vegetable. n/t

[babylonsister]

10. LOL! Ah, memories. nt

[frazzled]

11. Twinkies are not in the Constitution?

Our Founding Fathers clearly did not think it prudent to restrict citizens' access to Ho-Hos and Ding-Dongs, Little Debbie products, or Cheetohs. We would be turning our backs on the very principles on which this nation was founded if we were to discourage red-blooded American children from eating Chicken Nuggets in favor of brussel sprouts.

[caledesi]

12. love the fetus; hate the child = Reps. $$$$ is the excuse. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

15. That is so true. This bill also affects the WIC program and foods sold in

school vending machines which would tie in with Mrs. Obama's efforts to fight childhood obesity. It's amazing to me that they can whine that we can't raise taxes on the rich, but they are OK with letting poor children go hungry or undernourished.

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The bill would increase spending on nutrition programs, including school meals and the Women, Infants and Children program, by $4.5 billion over 10 years, with the increase offset by spending cuts to other agriculture programs so the deficit is not increased.

The measure would establish nutritional standards for all food sold in schools, including the food in vending machines, and increase the federal reimbursement rate for school meals by 6 cents per meal — the first increase other than inflationary increases since 1973.

“It may be less glamorous than some of the other issues that a lot of time gets spent on, but if you look at the details of what we’re talking about, we’re talking about helping to provide a healthier environment for children,” Lincoln said. “And that doesn’t just mean better, nutritious meals, better access to those meals. It also means, in terms of the fight against obesity, a healthier life.”

http://arkansasnews.com/2010/07/28/lincoln-child-nutrition-bill-hurt-by-lack-of-glamor/

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. The Democrats want this to pass

and it doesn't involve tax cuts or money being given to rich people! :shrug:

[DebJ]

14. "Stop inhibiting the free market". "Parents should be free to

raise their children choosing any (garbage only offerings) they want.'

[OwnedByFerrets]

16. When do they need an excuse??

[Gormy Cuss]

17. "Proper nutrition for children is the parents' job. The government shouldn't interfere with parents.

That's a standard excuse.