Over-the-counter drugs are subject to Food and Drug Administration regulation, but the agency's ability to regulate dietary supplements like ephedrine has been severely curtailed since the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act in 1994.
The dimming prospects of the relief package seemed incongruous with the 92-to-6 vote on Tuesday afternoon, by which the vast majority of Democrats and Republicans, including all three leading presidential candidates, voted to curtail debate and move toward its final passage on Wednesday.
The passage of recent laws to curtail soft money donations spurred formation of dozens of so-called 527 groups, whose sole purpose is to run ads during elections.
In the wake of the revelations of former government contractor Edward Snowden, large tech companies have pushed the government to curtail surveillance practices, most recently with the passage of the USA FREEDOM Act.
Rubio and Bill Browder — a U.S. businessman who lobbied for the passage of the Magnitsky Act, to curtail human rights abuses against Russia's whistleblowers — also suggest a Kremlin-CICIG connection.
He made just two public appearances in New York -- a 10-minute speech to a police chiefs' association aboard a Lake George steamboat, and a press conference called on short notice to react to the Assembly's passage of his bill to sharply curtail parole.
The Sunday night shooting of Police Officer Gerard Carter, who was in critical condition yesterday in a Staten Island hospital, came three days before the State Assembly is expected to break a legislative logjam that has prevented the passage of a law that would sharply curtail the early release of prisoners in New York State.
In truth, Mr. Paul's stand only delayed passage of the USA Freedom Act, which would curtail the government's dragnet authority, however insufficiently from Mr. Paul's perspective.
Larry Brown, executive director of the California District Attorneys Association, said that the initiative's passage would probably mean that prosecutors will "sharply curtail" their practice of reducing drug-dealing charges to possession, done to expedite cases.
The day's work is also focused on pushing for the passage of the USA Freedom Act, which would curtail the NSA's surveillance activities.
Since the law's passage, the state Social Services Department has repeatedly sought to curtail its effect. .
