Sunday Night Surprise… US Senate UNANIMOUSLY Passes the Food Safety Bill

GOP Abandons Tea Party– Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans UNANIMOUSLY agreed tonight to give the government more power over the food industry. Are you freaking kidding me? The Hill reported:

The Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act on Nov. 30 by a vote of 73-25. But the bill was later invalidated by a technical objection because it was a revenue-raising measure that did not originate in the House — Senate staff had failed to substitute the food safety language into a House-originated bill.

Democrats first attempted to attach the food safety bill to the two-and-a-half-month spending measure but Republicans balked because they wanted to keep that measure clean, according to Senate aides.

Republicans, however, later agreed to pass it by unanimous consent. Read more at gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com