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5/7/2007--Introduced.<br/>Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - Prohibits new, and requires dismissal of pending, civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food, or a trade association, for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition. Subjects to such prohibition: (1) any action brought by a person other than the person on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and (2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any person or any representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of that person. Excludes from this prohibition any actions alleging: (1) a breach of express contract or express warranty provided that the grounds of recovery are unrelated to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; (2) a knowing violation of a federal or state statute applicable to the marketing, advertisement, or labeling of food with intent for a person to rely on that violation, where such person relied on that violation, and where such reliance was the proximate cause of injury related to that person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; or (3) a violation brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

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Max Baucus [D, MT] 7915 N00004643 14558 Democrat 202-224-2651 United Church of Christ MT Max Baucus 1.75 http://baucus.senate.gov B001066 1931-10-23 6968 316 Hart Senate Office Building http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-1373 Jim 'r':4 'ky':5 'bun':3,7,9 'jim':2,6,8 'sen':1 M 300014 Bunning Jim_Bunning Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY] 3118 N00003437 9335 Republican 202-224-4343 Roman Catholic KY Jim Bunning 2.57575757575758 http://bunning.senate.gov/public/ C000286 1943-11-10 4166 416 Russell Senate Office Building http://chambliss.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email 202-224-0103 Saxby 'r':4 'ga':5 'sen':1 'saxbi':2,6,8 'chambliss':3,7,9 M 300021 Chambliss Saxby_Chambliss Sen. 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Elizabeth Dole 2257 N00008071 7491 Republican Presbyterian Elizabeth Dole 5.0 G000359 1955-07-09 13248 290 Russell Senate Office Building http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenatorGraham 202-224-3808 Lindsey 'r':4 'sc':5 'sen':1 'graham':3,7,9 'lindsey':2,6,8 M 300047 Graham Lindsey_Graham O. Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC] 6517 N00009975 11408 Republican 202-224-5972 Southern Baptist SC Lindsey Graham 2.9625 http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/ H001028 1946-10-04 488 Charles 'charl':1,3,6 'chuck':5 'hagel':2,4,7 M 300050 Hagel Chuck_Hagel T. Charles Hagel 90 Chuck N00005301 6256 Republican Episcopalian Charles Hagel 3.66666666666667 I000024 1934-11-17 7451 453 Russell Senate Office Building http://inhofe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-0380 James 'r':4 'ok':5 'jim':8 'sen':1 'jame':2,6,9 'inhof':3,7,10 M 300055 Inhofe James_Inhofe M. Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK] 2571 Jim N00005582 9627 Republican 202-224-4721 Presbyterian OK Jim James Inhofe 3.96610169491525 http://inhofe.senate.gov/public/ JimInhofePressOffice I000055 1944-12-28 2498 120 Russell Senate Office Building http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-228-0724 John 'r':4 'ga':5 'sen':1 'john':2,6,9 'johnni':8 'isakson':3,7,10 M 400194 Isakson Johnny_Isakson H. Sen. John Isakson [R, GA] 1202 Johnny N00002593 10279 Republican 202-224-3643 Methodist GA Johnny John Isakson 3.75675675675676 http://isakson.senate.gov L000035 1960-09-30 5901 355 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-228-1371 Blanche 'd':4 'ar':5 'sen':1 'blanch':2,6,8 'lincoln':3,7,9 F 300068 Lincoln Blanche_Lincoln Lambert Sen. 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Mark Pryor [D, AR] 2273 N00013823 9044 Democrat 202-224-2353 Unknown AR Mark Pryor 2.8 http://pryor.senate.gov SenatorPryor R000307 1936-04-20 5618 109 Hart Senate Office Building http://roberts.senate.gov/e-mail_pat.html 202-224-3514 Pat 'r':4 'ks':5 'pat':2,6,8 'sen':1 'robert':3,7,9 M 300083 Roberts Pat_Roberts Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS] 2472 N00005285 8361 Republican 202-224-4774 Methodist KS Pat Roberts 4.22222222222222 http://roberts.senate.gov/ action 43538 1178856000 Fri May 11 00:00:00 -0500 2007 116454 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6011-6012) introduced 43538 1178510400 Mon May 07 00:00:00 -0500 2007 111289 action 43538 1178510400 Mon May 07 00:00:00 -0500 2007 111290 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.