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United States 04/10/2013 08:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Republican Roy Blunt Revealed As Senator Who Snuck ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ Into Spending Bill Republican Roy Blunt Revealed As Senator Who Snuck ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ Into Spending Bill [ link to www.disinfo.com] How Monsanto wrote its fondest wishes into law. Mother Jones reveals: A recent Senate bill came with a nice bonus for the GMO industry: a rider, wholly unrelated to the underlying bill, that compels the USDA to ignore federal court decisions that block the agency’s approvals of new GM crops. Such a provision is [very] important to Monsanto and its few peers in the GMO seed industry. [ link to www.motherjones.com] |