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Repeal the Monsanto Protection Act

Created by S.S. on May 24, 2013

Repeal the Monsanto Protection Act created by Senator Blunt of Missouri with the direct help of Monsanto.
The Mysterious Rider - First, it isn’t actually called the Monsanto Protection Act. Its more formal name is Section 735 of the “Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013,” or H.R. 933, an appropriations bill that President Obama signed into law last week. The bill averted a government shutdown, but many lawmakers were reportedly unaware of Section 735′s existence. In fact, rather than undergoing a formal committee hearing, the rider was anonymously inserted as the larger bill wound through Congress, sparking accusations of opacity, collusion and corruption. Its origins remain hazy, but Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., “worked with” Monsanto to secure the rider."

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