Opponents score a victory in Senate against ‘Monsanto Protection Act’

[lovuian]

http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-protection-senate-budget-303/

In its short-term government-funding bill, the US Senate will propose an end to a budget provision that protects genetically-modified seeds from litigation despite possible health risks.

Called “The Monsanto Protection Act” by opponents, the budget rider shields biotech behemoths like Monsanto, Cargill and others from the threat of lawsuits and bars federal courts from intervening to force an end to the sale of a GMO (genetically-modified organism) even if the genetically-engineered product causes damaging health effects.

The US House of Representatives approved a three-month extension to the rider in their own short-term FY14 Continuing Resolution spending bill, which was approved last week by the lower chamber.


“That provision will be gone,” Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) told Politico.

[Paulie]

1. Yay

[cui bono]

2. k n r

[lovuian]

3. I don't know how rural Republican farmers can vote Republican

when Republicans support the Corporations over the farmers that vote in their districts

confusing

[truedelphi]

4. And how has Obama's support for Monsanto

turned anyone who votes straight Dem ticket against him?

He has done more to support the Big GM ag firms than anyone I can think of. Yet people on DU still seem to believe it is only Republicans who have advanced the Monsanto Gm cause.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

5. K&R. nt