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H.R. 933 Javaman Mar 2013 #1
Most odd dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Mass Mar 2013 #5
Here is the bill the article is referring to. Mass Mar 2013 #10
There are 6 versions of Bill Number H.R.933 for the 113th Congress. progressoid Mar 2013 #12
Thanks for the correction. :) Javaman Mar 2013 #61
That's an appropriations bill. I don't find any reference to Monsanto or food labeling in it. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #80
That's all I could find on Thomas 2naSalit Mar 2013 #18
Tacked into a spending bill? Yuk, so much gets added in these with no line item veto. freshwest Mar 2013 #65
Total BS...all of this. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #81
Yes, it's all been disproven. See Will Pitt's thread. freshwest Mar 2013 #89
Huge fail.. Not just Obama, but Bennyboy Mar 2013 #3
It was in the local (DE) paper today that DuPont and Monsanto kissed and made up. n/t woodsprite Mar 2013 #4
Ooops 2naSalit Mar 2013 #6
Here is more history (it was part of the bill to fund the government) Mass Mar 2013 #7
This sort of sleazy procedure needs to stop. amandabeech Mar 2013 #14
Our complicit corporate enamored President does not have to sign these bills. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #43
I've given up criticizing the President. amandabeech Mar 2013 #50
What is your alternative. That every single provision in a several hundred page bill onenote Mar 2013 #82
This message was self-deleted by its author amandabeech Mar 2013 #91
"...strip federal courts of the authority to immediately halt the planting and sale of genetically abelenkpe Mar 2013 #44
Surprised? G_j Mar 2013 #8
Monsanto + Obama = Massive Dangerous screwjob for Americans Berlum Mar 2013 #9
"Smirk"...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #23
Advocacy websites are not a very good source for complete MineralMan Mar 2013 #11
for clarity, G_j Mar 2013 #13
OK, but that was just a small part of this bill. MineralMan Mar 2013 #16
poor helpless obama, the man with little choice nt msongs Mar 2013 #19
'A small part of the bill' Ichingcarpenter Mar 2013 #20
OK. GMO is not one of my issues at all. MineralMan Mar 2013 #22
Its not about you, and your suspicion may be wrong. cprise Mar 2013 #28
I think every person JEB Mar 2013 #29
Yes, they do. My assumption is that both MineralMan Mar 2013 #35
I'm sorry Mineral Man... druidity33 Mar 2013 #72
And even more to the point, Section 735 allowsthe Ag Sec sunwyn Mar 2013 #78
and gay marriage and equal rights aren't much of an issue to some people either.. frylock Mar 2013 #56
Hmm. As it happens those things are issues of mine. MineralMan Mar 2013 #57
and yet Europe does think it is harmful. robinlynne Mar 2013 #64
that kernal of genitically modified corn is just a small part of the turd frylock Mar 2013 #55
I don't like the provision, but the claim that it was unknown to most senators is BS onenote Mar 2013 #83
Try reading the article again. It did NOT say 'the bill' was named sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #26
Could not agree more. Well stated. JEB Mar 2013 #30
Fooddemocracynow is NOT a news site. MineralMan Mar 2013 #36
The site was accurate in its reporting contrary to what you claimed. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #38
There is no "officially titled" bill called the "Farmer Assurance Provision." onenote Mar 2013 #84
Here is section 735: cheapdate Mar 2013 #67
There is a silver lining. Zoeisright Mar 2013 #15
And then what happens when, according to some, he is powerless to stop the inclusion of a similar AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #76
Is there a whitehouse.gov petition? FreeBC Mar 2013 #17
Poor, frail little Monsanto. Thank goodness the big, strong government came along to protect them. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2013 #21
Somebody should introduce the "powerless" Obama to his veto pen and explain its usefulness. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #24
based upon reading the discussion here it appears that littlewolf Mar 2013 #41
So, how else can the executive exercise the power given to his office? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #42
like I said he could have veto'd the spending bill. littlewolf Mar 2013 #45
I'm willing to take a risk rather than be bullied by the corporations and the GOP. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #46
well it appears the President is of a different mind set. nt littlewolf Mar 2013 #51
Yes, he is willing to be bullied and intimidated by the corporations and GOP. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #52
The spending bill passed with majority Democratic support onenote Mar 2013 #85
Message auto-removed Generation_Why Mar 2013 #25
'anti-science kooks operating on the left.' Ichingcarpenter Mar 2013 #27
From one of those 'leftie kooks' 'Welcome to DU'! sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #31
So gm food should have a diagram of the gnome on the package? Wow that helps me a lot. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #47
So maybe we could do what Europe does, label foods so that grown ups sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #48
Show me some of these labels that will help me make decisions. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #62
I wish I could, but we don't have them here! sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #63
^^Yup.... truebrit71 Mar 2013 #58
You are welcome to your own opinion of GMOs, but not your own facts Berlum Mar 2013 #32
Unsafe cprise Mar 2013 #34
The Toronto Sun is a right-wing tabloid... SidDithers Mar 2013 #71
You might want to take a look at... Dryvinwhileblind Mar 2013 #37
One way around this is to simply buy organic cprise Mar 2013 #33
When has he ever not put the interests of corporations over the public interest? forestpath Mar 2013 #39
+1 HiPointDem Mar 2013 #40
Obama sides with the 1%er Corporations, instead of... 99Forever Mar 2013 #49
"Please take action now:" ProSense Mar 2013 #53
The yeas and the nays list: freshwest Mar 2013 #70
hes going to allow the Keystone Pipeline MFM008 Mar 2013 #54
Some of us do. donheld Mar 2013 #75
That's just great..... blackspade Mar 2013 #59
Take a breath... cheapdate Mar 2013 #60
can't veto JUST the provision that you name - and he was not going to veto the continuing karynnj Mar 2013 #66
Agreed. Not signing it would defund VAWA, etc. We have 6 months to go after this for the next freshwest Mar 2013 #90
Well, its your own fault! bvar22 Mar 2013 #68
Here: ProSense Mar 2013 #69
What the president did was wrong. Faryn Balyncd Mar 2013 #73
Signing a bill passed by a veto proof majority to keep the government running was wrong? onenote Mar 2013 #86
You don't understand chess Doctor_J Mar 2013 #74
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren voted FOR this bill. Repeat-voted FOR this bill. graham4anything Mar 2013 #77
more than that: 6 of 7 Democrats who sponsored an amendment to kill the monsanto onenote Mar 2013 #87
What the hell.. darkangel218 Mar 2013 #79
no, congress FUCKED us. spanone Mar 2013 #88
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