In this family photo provided by Shelby Esses, then 20-month-old Jacob Esses, is seen in his Little Rock Air Force Base home in Jacksonville, Ark., in this Sept. 3, 2007 file photo. His mother, Shelby Esses, of Jacksonville, said a database like the one proposed in the Senate version of a bill that would nearly double the Consumer Product Safety Commission's budget, might have sped up her son's diagnosis when he fell ill last fall. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Shelby Esses, File)
AP - Responding to record recalls of products that sickened children, the Senate passed legislation Thursday that would toughen inspections of toys and other playthings made outside the U.S. |