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I've been poking around Thomas.gov, the Library of Congress site, finding good food bills that were proposed but (in most cases) not passed. There were some surprises - certain bills had incredible bipartisan support for example, and some legislators apparently spend their time proposing resolutions commending their favorite NFL players (no joke!). But a lot of it is what you would expect... it's no surprise that Dennis Kucinich is really, really awesome, for example.
One thing I noticed is that Senator Clinton is actually WONDERFUL on food-related issues. I'll miss her votes from the Senate if she becomes Secretary of State. Out of 11 different bills I looked into on the Senate side, she was a cosponsor or sponsor for six of them and on a 7th she voted the right way. If there are any other Senators who are that good for us, then it's very few.
Also notable are Feingold, who sponsored or cosponsored six of the eleven things I looked at, Dick Durbin who sponsored or cosponsored five, and Tom Harkin, who sponsored or cosponsored four. Unfortunately a lot of these bills were never voted on so there's no way to tell who's for and who's against, but at least we know who to talk to on each of them if we want to get bills introduced by looking at their sponsors and cosponsors.
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