Effort seeks last-minute horsemeat ban.

Effort seeks last-minute horsemeat ban

Saying 'lives are at stake,' advocates want Senate vote this week

06:47 AM CST on Wednesday, December 6, 2006

By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News

WASHINGTON – Horse advocates made a last-ditch case Tuesday for a ban
on
the controversial horsemeat industry, hoping for a Senate vote in the
next few days that would end the slaughter at plants in Fort Worth and
Kaufman.

If the Senate fails to act, it could take months before the bill has
another chance. Lawmakers plan to call it quits for the year after this
week, and that will kill all pending legislation. Bills would have to
start from scratch when the new Congress convenes in January.

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