Senate Tobacco Foes Agree on FDA Bill
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Anti-tobacco senators agreed late Friday to stop delaying a tax bill that includes a bailout for tobacco farmers and pass a separate bill calling for Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco, Sen.
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The Food and Drug Administration should regulate tobacco and develop a plan to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, a new Institute of Medicine report urged Thursday.
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Setting up a veto showdown with President George W. Bush, the U.S. Congress on Thursday approved legislation to expand a popular children's health care program and pay for it with higher taxes on tobacco products.
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House lawmakers yesterday killed a Senate proposal to give the Food and Drug Administration authority over the manufacture and marketing of tobacco.
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Anti-tobacco senators agreed late Friday to stop delaying a tax bill that includes a bailout for tobacco farmers and pass a separate bill calling for Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco, Sen. Edward Kennedy's office said late Friday.
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President George W. Bush's pick to  lead the Food and Drug Administration won support from a U.S.  Senate panel on Wednesday, but still faces opposition from two  Republican senators blocking a full vote on the nomination.
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Defying a veto threat from President  George W. Bush, a U.S. Senate panel overwhelmingly approved a  bill on Thursday to finance expansion of a children&#39;s health  care program with an increase in tobacco taxes.
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A Senate panel is nearing a vote on a proposal to put tobacco under Food and Drug Administration regulation despite objections that such a move would only entrench the market position of the nation's No. 1 tobacco company.
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The passage of a major U.S. tax bill  on Monday containing a buyout for tobacco farmers has left a  bitter taste among public health groups that had hoped to link  the funding to new federal laws regulating cigarettes.
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Senate and House leaders last night fought over new health regulations for tobacco, a dispute that threatens to derail a broader bill designed to end a trade war with Europe and dole out billions in new corporate tax breaks.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday renewed an effort to empower the government to regulate cigarettes as a drug, winning praise from anti-smoking advocates.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not prepared to take on tobacco regulation, although a Senate committee is pushing to give the agency that power, former commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan said on Tuesday.
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The passage of a major U.S. tax bill containing a buyout for tobacco farmers has frustrated advocates who had hoped to link the funding to new laws regulating cigarettes.
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Lester Crawford, the acting head of the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday agreed to meet with Republican Sen. Charles Grassley to discuss the FDA&#39;s handling of safety concerns over Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A U.S. Senate panel voted on Wednesday to set a path for generic drugmakers to seek approval of cheaper, copycat versions of expensive biotechnology medicines.
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Senate and House negotiators from both parties reached a final deal yesterday on an expansion of a health insurance program for the children of the working poor, just a day after President Bush vowed to veto it.
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Defying a veto threat from President George W. Bush, a U.S. Senate panel overwhelmingly approved a bill on Thursday to finance expansion of a children's health care program with an increase in tobacco taxes.