"The House approved a ban on horse slaughter Friday after a confusing amendment about meat inspection caused two Republicans who initially had been sponsors of the ban to vote against it.
Those sponsors, Reps. John Sweeney, R-N.Y. and Edward Whitfield, R-Ky., were among the lawmakers who voted against the spending bill that included the ban on horse slaughter. The spending measure passed 318-63.
About 65,000 horses are slaughtered each year in the U.S. Texas and Illinois are the only two states that slaughter horses, which are processed for human consumption overseas".
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Hey, way to go Texas & Illinois!
"The House approved a ban on horse slaughter Friday after a confusing amendment about meat inspection caused two Republicans who initially had been sponsors of the ban to vote against it.
Those sponsors, Reps. John Sweeney, R-N.Y. and Edward Whitfield, R-Ky., were among the lawmakers who voted against the spending bill that included the ban on horse slaughter. The spending measure passed 318-63.
About 65,000 horses are slaughtered each year in the U.S. Texas and Illinois are the only two states that slaughter horses, which are processed for human consumption overseas".
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