2013-05-21 | permalink

Monsanto Protection Act may soon be repealed thanks to Senator Merkley

The notorious ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ rider stuffed into the non-related Senate spending bill may soon be repealed thanks to the massive amounts of activism and outrage that have now amounted into a legislative charge towards action. Action that has turned into legislation progress through Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, who has announced an amendment that would remove Section 735 (the Monsanto Protection Act as its known) from the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013 Senate spending bill.

• Nation of Change, USA: Monsanto Protection Act may soon be repealed thanks to activism
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