Executive Summary

The House on Aug. 2 passed its appropriations bill, H.R. 3161, that includes FDA funding, which proposes $1.69 bil. in direct funding for the agency. No significant changes affecting FDA were made from the bill sent top the floor by the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee (1"The Tan Sheet" July 23, 2007, p. 4). The same day, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., asked Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to delay naming conferees for the legislation. "If we do this too early, we set ourselves up for the blame game, not for getting this key legislation done," Enzi said. The Senate has not yet passed its corresponding bill, S. 1859...