Plan to Regulate Tobacco Blocked in Congress
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In a major setback for public health  groups, congressional tax negotiators on Tuesday blocked a plan  to allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco,  but a $10 billion package for tobacco farmers was set to be  approved.
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PRAGUE- The Chamber of Deputies adjourned a vote on the "anti-smoking" bill that bans smoking at various public places and restricts the sale of tobacco and alcohol.
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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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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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Health advocates predict that this may be the year tobacco regulation is made law, but many reject some of the billâs provisions.
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WASHINGTON US House and Senate negotiators, moving swiftly to finish a bill that would create more than $100 billion in corporate tax breaks, have approved a $10 billion buyout for tobacco farmers and rejected a Senate provision that would have subjected
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Tobacco companies fail in a High Court bid to overturn strict limits on advertising at the point of sale.
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Any move by Congress to regulate carbon dioxide emissions would derail a controversial Bush administration plan to reduce other pollutants from coal-burning power plants, Republican lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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Several lawmakers said Thursday they would try to prevent a House energy plan that seeks to block California and other states from regulating tailpipe emissions.
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Democrats taking control of Congress  next month say they will try to ban for the remainder of fiscal  2007 the special-interest "pork" projects that got Republicans  in so much trouble with voters in the November elections.
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A bipartisan group of members of Congress reintroduced legislation that would allow the federal government to regulate the tobacco industry.
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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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A proposed ban on smoking in all bars, restaurants and work sites across the state is igniting a big-money fight at the Texas Capitol.
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Republican lawmakers successfully blocked a crucial component of the Democratic plan that would have raised taxes on oil companies by about $32 billion.
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For seven years, proponents have been trying to get the Food and Drug Administration to regulate cigarettes, and President Bush has firmly opposed.
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Senate and U.S. House of Representatives tax negotiators on Tuesday rejected a bid to grant the Food and Drug Administration power to regulate tobacco but were set to approve a &#36;10 billion buyout for U.S. tobacco farmers as part of a big corporate tax bill.
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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.