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To: PROLIFE who wrote (516658)	12/29/2003 9:09:54 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

My oh My! Look at the dollar!

To: PROLIFE who wrote (516658)	12/29/2003 9:10:38 AM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Dairy Indus Gave Money To US Lawmakers Opposing Beef Ban Dow Jones, Monday, December 29, 2003 at 03:27 WASHINGTON (AP)--The dairy industry contributed to most members of a key U.S. House committee who voted nearly in lockstep against banning the sale of meat from ill or disabled animals, like the one that tested positive last week for mad cow disease. Political action committees representing dairy farmers gave money to 33 of the 51 members of the House Agriculture Committee, an Associated Press review of campaign reports shows. Of the 33, 28 voted against the ban on marketing"downed"animals, four voted for it and one didn't vote, when it was defeated 202-199 in July. The Senate approved the ban on a voice vote in November, but it was left out of the final compromise passed by the House this month and awaiting action in the Senate. Most"downers"are old dairy cows whose meat can bring farmers a little extra revenue. The Agriculture Department estimates that 130,000 are brought to slaughterhouses every year, and that those showing signs of mad cow disease are tested. To prevent disease, the government prohibits processing the brain and spinal cord of such animals - the pathways for mad cow disease - into meat. Congressional supporters of the ban have warned that downed animals are more likely to have mad cow disease, a brain-wasting illness. In addition, animal rights advocates oppose the sale of downed animals because they say so many are injured or ill that they must be dragged by chains or forklifts to the slaughterhouse. So far this year, the Dairy Farmers of America PAC has made contributions to 27 Agriculture Committee members, and another, National Milk Producers Federation PAC contributed to 17. Some members received money from both groups as well as from smaller dairy PACs. Neither of the large dairy PACs returned phone messages seeking comment.