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In reply to the discussion: Let's Be Clear. Hillary Does Support Monsanto & GMO's [View all]pinebox
(5,761 posts)56. Lobbyists for Monsanto, ExxonMobil Raise Money for Hillary Clinton
I think a lot of people are forgetting this though.
Lobbyists for Monsanto, ExxonMobil Raise Money for Hillary Clinton---Registered lobbyists brought in more than $2 million in fundraising for the Clinton campaign, recent filings show.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-17/lobbyists-for-monsanto-exxon-mobile-raise-money-for-hillary-clinton
The former secretary of state raised more than $2 million from 40 "bundlers"fundraisers who get their contacts to give to campaignswho were also lobbyists, according to financial forms released Wednesday by the Federal Election Commission. In all, the Clinton campaign raised $46.7 million between the beginning of April and the end of June.
Bundlers, who are often wealthy or well-connected individuals, do more than donate to campaigns. They put their social networks to work for favorite candidates, persuading (often equally wealthy and well-connected) family members, friends, colleagues, and other contacts to donate as well, effectively bringing in far more money than they could under the current legal donation limits. Individuals can contribute $2,700 to candidate committees (as opposed to super PACS) for the primary election and the same amount for the general election, for a total of $5,400 in a campaign cycle. Campaigns don't have to disclose their bundlersunless those bundlers are also lobbyists.
Clinton's bundlers include some familiar names: Jerry Crawford, an outside lobbyist to Monsanto and Iowa kingmaker, put together another $35,000 or so. Tony Podesta, a mega-lobbyist who co-founded the Podesta Group and is the brother of Clinton's campaign chair John, bundled almost $75,000.
Exxon didn't immediately request for comment. The NCTA and Microsoft declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Monsanto said Crawford's law firm has multiple clients. "I don't think it's fair to isolate his experience to working with us," she said. Monsanto, however, is Crawford's only lobbying client, according to filings, a relationship that dates to at least 2009.
Crawford, who has supported the Clintons since 1992, said he has not and does not intend to lobby Clinton on behalf of Monsanto. "I support Hillary now because I have no doubt she would be the best President of the United States our country could have," he wrote in an email.
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There's a people-based reason - we want to know! In Europe they do it, why not here?
reformist2
Nov 2015
#99
I'm largely pro-GMO but I don't think there's a legitimate reason to block labelling
Recursion
Nov 2015
#107
When you can convince organic food companies to label mutation bred plants as MBOs...
HuckleB
Nov 2015
#112
I'm amazed that we actually have people here against labeling - speechless, really.
reformist2
Nov 2015
#127
I do get the argument: it's like requiring hydric acid to be labeled in food.
Recursion
Nov 2015
#129
Perhaps it's because the pro-label movement is really just a marketing campaign for other companies.
HuckleB
Nov 2015
#132
Roundup is less toxic and more effective than many of the herbicides it displaced.
Nailzberg
Nov 2015
#88
Until that "science" cuts into the bottom line of her benefactors, Multinational Corporations.
99Forever
Oct 2015
#17
GMO's use increased amounts of pesticides and they are killing more than pests...
tecelote
Oct 2015
#23
Roundup has EVERYTHING to do with GMOs. Real Science. Not pseudo-science by Monsanto Propaganists.
Lean
Oct 2015
#32
I believe Hillary deserves a pass on this. Her position has obviously "evolved" on this
Victor_c3
Oct 2015
#48
I am sensing a pattern on DU. Science being denied in food production and in polling...coincidence?
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#51
I am not an expert.....but some are...see post # 54. There is a place for GMO's, under regulation,
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#62
Dow & Monsanto have also given million$ to the Clinton Foundation, acc to their records.
RiverLover
Oct 2015
#63
DU attacks on Clinton and the Clinton Foundation are likely to be repeated by the GOP come May.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#67
Interesting twists here on the GOP anti-science message to support the Corporate Oligarchs
Armstead
Nov 2015
#97