we adults also know bills are packed with items and details,

"Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat inspections through Congress in 2006 after other efforts to pass outright bans on horse slaughter failed in previous years. Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law Nov. 18 to keep the government afloat until mid-December."

from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/30/horse-meat-consumption-us_n_1120623.html



take from it what you will,, keeping the government afloat seemed a pretty big priority possibly worth the 'potential' that horses might be eaten,,,,which I doubt will come to light before that is amended by lobbying,,,