Federal government effort to establish product safety website under seige

The House of Representatives passed an amendment stopping the Consumer Products Safety Commission from establishing a searchable website dedicated to warning consumers of dangerous products.

The amendment passed on February 18, cutting off funds for the site which had been mandated by the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.  Two Democratic senators are mounting a fight in the Senate to save the website. -db

From NextGov, March 7, 2011, by William Matthews.

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