Michelle Obama-Backed Childhood Nutrition Bill Clears Congress For President's Signature

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12/02/10 03:59 PM ET

President Obama is expected to shortly sign into law childhood-nutrition legislation backed by his wife, Michelle, after the bill easily cleared the House, 264-157, on Thursday.

The bill unanimously passed the Senate in August. It was expected to pass the House on Wednesday, but Democratic leaders pulled it because of a Republican amendment that would have required criminal background checks for child care workers and the removal of the federal mandate for paid meals in schools. The amendment seemed likely to pass.

The $4.5 billion bill expands eligibility for school meals programs, establishes nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools and provides a 6-cent increase for each school lunch to help cafeterias serve healthier meals.

The bill was a priority for first lady Michelle Obama and her Let's Move! campaign to fight childhood obesity.


read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/other/131731-michelle-obama-backed-childhood-nutrition-bill-clears-congress

[sakabatou]

1. Huzzuh!

[ClassWarrior]

2. Wow. The unrec patrol never fails to astonish me. Who doesn't like...

...childhood nutrition and Michelle?



NGU.

[dave29]

3. Republicans, generally

hooligans, locally

[FrancisTreptoe]

4. Grumpy old Republicans

[mstinamotorcity]

5. Well I for one am glad to

see some move to a healthier lifestyle for America's children. And if they can insist on keeping the Bush Tax cuts for the wealthy, then surly they would want America's children having the best food in the Greatest Nation in the World where people come to live the American dream of unemployment lazy folk!!:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

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6. kick