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canoeist52

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5. I had an e-mail from Elizabeth Warren that said...

Reply to stillwaiting (Reply #3)

Thu May 30, 2013, 03:56 PM

May 2013

“The Senator supports labeling and supports the rights of states to set labeling standards based on health and safety. She supports the purpose of the Sanders amendment but voted no because the proposal would have eliminated the ability of the FDA to force states to comply with a more pro-consumer standard in the future.”

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We Know Who You Are: 71 Senators Reject States’ Rights to Label GMOs [View all] limpyhobbler May 2013 OP

I will donate to help fund campaign commercials getting this info out. nt Mojorabbit May 2013 #1

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #2

Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown are among the 71. I'm shocked and pissed at the both of them.nt stillwaiting May 2013 #3

Warren's response blaze May 2013 #4

I had an e-mail from Elizabeth Warren that said... canoeist52 May 2013 #5

What other "pro consumer" standards? zeemike May 2013 #7

She's a new Senator and was probably told that...but why would the Sanders' KoKo May 2013 #8

Sounds like double-talk to me. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #9

Quite a few dems voted against it, including my Senator Durbin -- Not Good. n/t whathehell May 2013 #11

I was sad to see so many "friends" vote against this limpyhobbler May 2013 #24

The Mutant 71 support Multinational Corporations over Americans Berlum May 2013 #6

Well, we know which of the 100 take money from Monsanto..... blackspade May 2013 #10

Ok, I've got Bennet, voting for and Udall against. I admit to not knowing and will find out. mountain grammy May 2013 #12

Pretty funny how these Teapublican states righters don't want to recognize states rights.... marble falls May 2013 #13

Unconscionable. AzDar May 2013 #14

Major K&R n/t defacto7 May 2013 #15

Tammy Baldwin? Why would she vote for it? Lifelong Protester May 2013 #16

Hey, this is a "We're fucked" moment if there ever was one. Look at Elizabeth Warren's shitty... Poll_Blind May 2013 #17

Well I suppose she's earned the right to explain herself. limpyhobbler May 2013 #25

re:We Know Who You Are: 71 Senators Reject States’ Rights to Label GMOs allan01 May 2013 #18

I have had quite enough. SCVDem May 2013 #19

I'm with you on that. tblue May 2013 #22

i noticed that-no CA senators lunasun May 2013 #23

Damn! Damn! Damn! ReRe May 2013 #20

I don't get it... CoffeeCat May 2013 #21

Article VI, Section 2 Viking12 May 2013 #27

A lot of Dems have just shown their true colors, if there was any doubt. forestpath May 2013 #26

I responded to my Senator, Gillibrand Babel_17 May 2013 #28

If a liberal Senator thought there could be a problem with the bill's language: Babel_17 May 2013 #29

It is much worse than you think. bvar22 May 2013 #30

You are absolutely, positively right. It's been going on since BHO's first term. I saw it then. ancianita May 2013 #31

messed up doesn't begin to describe it. gejohnston May 2013 #32