Denney sits on ‘ham and eggs’ bill
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Sen. Tim Corder's push to revamp laws governing big swine and poultry farms has been called the "ham and eggs bill." And its goose is now cooked: The measure, SB 1411a, won't get a hearing in the House, Speaker Lawerence Denney said Wednesday; he parked it in the House Ways & Means Committee. Its future looked shaky in the Senate Tuesday despite its 24-11 passage, as three members of leadership opposed it. Denney says representatives raised so many concerns, there's not enough time to address them before the 2010 session ends, possibly next week. Corder, a Mountain Home Republican, was concerned poultry producers will relocate to Idaho as states like California pass tough animal-cruelty laws. He wanted to be ready if they do. Already, there's a new facility in Burley that hatches million of hens. And a proposed broiler chicken plant there is aiming to have 4 million birds.