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	<title><![CDATA[Inside the Sausage Factory: What Happens to Good Policy When Bad Politics Get in the Way]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-brune/inside-the-sausage-factor_b_66655.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><em>This post is part of the Killer Couch Chemicals series about efforts in California to pass legislation that would ban toxic brominated and chlorinated flame retardant chemicals for use in furniture and bedding. On September 12th in Sacramento, the bill, AB 706, The Crystal Golden-Jefferson Furniture Safety and Fire Prevention Act (Leno, D-San Francisco) failed passage on the floor of the California State Senate. The bill will be reconsidered by the Senate in 2008. What follows is an account of...</em></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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