119th Not-Congress — 1st Session of Futility
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Wisconsin banned the sale of yellow-colored margarine from 1895 until 1967, because the dairy industry decided that if margarine couldn't taste like butter, it certainly shouldn't be allowed to LOOK like butter either.
Designated August as National Catfish Month, celebrating the farm-raised catfish industry. The Senate took a break from the debt ceiling debate to give catfish their moment.
The spending bill that blocked USDA reforms and effectively kept pizza counted as a vegetable serving in school lunches. Because two tablespoons of tomato paste is basically a salad.