The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the “historic attention” and “immense amount of feedback” on the controversial proposal by the Food and Drug Administration.

“This rule has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of feedback, including from various elements of the civil rights and criminal justice movement,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement.

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    7 months ago

    You know they can work on more than one thing at once, right? And the administration has more control over some things than others.

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      You don’t have unlimited political capital. This shit pisses people off and that costs you votes. Pick and choose a lane that matters instead of this worthless intrusion and grandstanding.

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        Congress is actually the perfect example. Most of the time spent on a bill is just waiting. If they didn’t work on multiple bills at the same time, it would be even slower.