Fiscal cliff deal dodges budget cuts, includes partial Farm Bill extension
Story Date: 1/2/2013

 
Source: Helena Bottemiller, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 1/2/13
 
Editor's Note:  N.C.’s congressional delegation members voting yes: G.K. Butterfield (D, NC-1); Howard Coble (R, NC-6); Larry Kissell (D, NC-8); David Price (D, NC-4); Heath Shuler (D, NC-11); Mel Watt (D, NC-12). 
 
Members voting no: Renee Ellmers (R, NC-2); Virginia Foxx (R, NC -5); Walter B. Jones (R, NC-3); Patrick McHenry (R, NC-10); Mike McIntyre(D, NC-7); Brad Miller (D, NC-13); Sue Myrick (R, NC-9). 
 
Senators Richard Burr (R) and Kay Hagan (D) voted in favor of the bill.


Congress cleared a bill late Tuesday to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff” that will delay automatic budget cuts to agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control, avoid tax increases for more than 99 percent of Americans and extend part of the farm bill for 9 months.

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