Congress's Big Gift to Monsanto | Mother Jones

Congress's Big Gift to Monsanto | Mother Jones:

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(But you CAN buy stuff labeled "NO GMO's" and that's great.)

The bill, complete with its gift to the industry, sailed through the ag-appropriations subcommittee and will likely be taken up by the full House soon after the July 4 recess. Food & Water Watch's Tony Corbo told me the provision has a solid chance it making it into law. Meanwhile, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D.-Ore.) has signaled he will sponsor an amendment to the ag-appropriations bill that would nullify Kingston's Monsanto-friendly provision.

If the provision survives DeFazio's amendment and makes it to the Senate, what are its chances of becoming the law of the land? Corbo suggested that voting on Sanders' labeling amendment might serve as a proxy for how the upper chamber would treat the House ag subcommittee's gift to ag biotech. In other words, the Senate is fertile ground for the provision.