March 21, 2013—Maplight - Revealing Money's Influence on Politics
Proponents of genetically modified agriculture have just won a major victory in Congress... http://maplight.org/content/73204
==RIDER SLIPPED IN ANONYMOUSLY - SO MUCH FOR DEMOCRACY===
FOOD DEMOCRACY NOW: With the Senate passage of the Monsanto Protection Act, biotech lobbyists are one step closer to making sure that their new GMO crops can evade any serious scientific or regulatory review.
This dangerous provision, which we're calling the Monsanto Protection Act, strips judges of their constitutional mandate to protect consumer and farmer rights and the environment, while opening up the floodgates for the planting of new untested genetically engineered crops, endangering farmers, citizens and the environment.
Monsanto and other companies that support genetically modified agriculture have just won a major victory in Congress. A rider (Sec. 735) included in the 2013 continuing resolution (H.R. 933), a bill that must be passed by Congress to prevent a government shutdown, stripped federal courts of their power to restrict the use of genetically modified crops that they find have not undergone a complete environmental impact assessment from the USDA. The rider essentially eliminated the only legal tool environmental advocates had for slowing down or stopping the use of new genetically modified crops. The bill passed the Senate yesterday by a vote of 73-26 and the House today by a vote of 318-109.
Sec. 735 was inserted in the bill when it was in the Senate Appropriations Committee, although so far no member of the Committee has publicly acknowledged putting it in. An amendment to remove the provision was proposed by Senator Jon Tester, but the amendment was not allowed a vote.
Data: According to a MapLight analysis of campaign contributions to members of the 113th Congress from the political action committees of several organizations supporting the use of genetically modified crops, since January 1, 2009 (data source: FEC): DETAILS..... http://maplight.org/content/73204
HUFFINGTON POST - Andrew Kimbrell: WILL CONGRESS LET MONSANTO WRITE ITS OWN RULES? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-kimbrell/will-congress-let-monsant_b_1663890.html
March 22, 2013 - Yahoo News
‘MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT' SNEAKS THROUGH SENATE
A Center for Food Safety statement called the rider “an unprecedented attack on U.S. judicial review of agency actions” and “ a major violation of the separation of powers.”http://news.yahoo.com/monsanto-protection-act-sneaks-spending-bill-180416331.html
FRANKENFOODS HITCH AN "ANONYMOUS" RIDE THROUGH US CONGRESS -- GMO NOW FREE FROM LIABILITY, REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT http://sco.lt/8r1v9t
March 22, 2013
MONANTO PROTECTION ACT PROVES CORPORATIONS MOR POWERFUL THAN GOVERNMENT http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/16598-focus-monsanto-protection-act-proves-corporations-more-powerful-than-government
OUR 21ST CENTURY FACTORY OF LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF - IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j
THE CONSUMER'S GOT TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM: Farmer Ben Burkett on Racism and Corporate Control of Agriculture http://sco.lt/84WzM9
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MEET MONSANTO'S NUMBER ONE LOBBYIST - BARACK OBAMA http://sco.lt/98RKFN
OBAMA TO DE-REGULATE GMO / GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : FAST-TRACKING APPROVAL, WAIVING REGULATIONS AND LIABILITY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3834276755/obama-to-de-regulate-gmo-genetic-biotech-industry-fast-tracking-approvals-waiving-regulations-and-liability
OBAMA AG BILL GIVES "FOOD MAFIA" FREE LICENSE to Feed Us Biotech GMO foods - NO oversight NO regulation NO Labeling http://sco.lt/4wLvkH
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THRU THE BACK DOOR: MEGA BIOTECH GIANTS USE NEW USA-EU TRADE DEAL TO DESTROY GMO SAFEGUARDS http://sco.lt/8E3Xsn
MONSANTO'S DEATH GRIP ON YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/6PS9lR
>>>>>THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MYSTERIOUSLY QUITS MONSANTO ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION | Mother Jones Dec. 1. 2012 http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/11/dojs-monsantoseed-industry-investigation-ends-thud
GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY: CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3924078442/genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry-corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture
WHO SWAYS THE USDA ON GMO APPROVALS? "REGULATORY CAPTURE" — Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS AT END OF ARTICLE:
http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1612233215/who-sways-the-usda-on-gmo-approvals-regulatory-capture
DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? - Council for Responsible Genetics http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/Projects/CurrentProject.aspx?projectId=5
==================WATCH:
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) The Leader of the Biotech Cartel http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ
WHO AND WHAT IS THE MONANTO CHEMICAL CORPORATION? http://www.naturalnews.com/023094_Monsanto_WHO_industry.html
POLITICAL CORRUPTION OF MONANTO AND ITS INFLUENCE:
"Corporate totalitarianism … rules through dispensability and corruption. It treats communities, people, countries, ecosystems, species as disposable and dispensable."
Monsanto; one of the most hated companies in America has had a long history of corruption, producing the most toxic chemicals and pesticides, food monopoly and market control.
http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/political-corruption-Monsanto.php
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