date:May 22, 2012
Republican congressman Charles Dent from Pennsylvania's 15thdistrict first introduced a bill to temporarily suspend the duty on imported ready-to-eat chocolates filled with caramel or sugar-based paste.
Mr Dent was asked for the rationale behind the bill, but a response was not forthcoming.
A second bill was launched by Democrat senator Kay Hagan to suspend the duty of confectionery containing synthetic sweetening agents, such as saccharin, on 10 May.
Both bills would see amendments to the Ha