The 60-39 vote cleared the way for a bruising, full-scale debate beginning after Thanksgiving on the legislation.

"Applebee’s has extremely high quality compliance standards for all our menu items. We regularly test our Weight Watchers menu items at an independent lab..."

"Our menu is correct" "all of our salads were under 590..."

"We strive to ensure nutritional information we provide to our guests is accurate based on standard recipes across our restaurants nationwide..."

"Taco Bell goes to great lengths to provide our customers with complete and truthful nutritional information, and we absolutely stand by the accuracy of our figures as published in our nutritional brochures and on our web site..."

"People have a right to know what's in their food," said Margo Wootan, of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. "How can you exercise personal responsibility and make an informed choice if you don't have basic information?"...

According to the National Restaurant Association, three in four adults are trying to eat more healthfully than they did two years ago...