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Reliable sources in Washington D.C. have informed the Organic Consumers Association that Monsanto has begun secretly lobbying its Congressional allies to attach one or more "Monsanto Riders" or amendments to the 2013 Farm Bill that would preempt or prohibit states from requiring labels on genetically engineered foods.

State, National, International , posted by Freedom is more than just a word, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, 16 hours ago Yesterday's Gallup poll shows Obama with a 51-42 approval rating.

A heated battle is brewing on Capitol Hill over cuts to the food stamp program, with lawmakers quoting Bible verses at each other and benefits for millions of people hanging in the balance.

"It's the main, everyday issue that pops up," Rep. Steve King's son and campaign chair Jeff King tells Whispers.

I'm wondering whose idea it was to put the Apis Bull in front of the Tallan Building at the corner of MLK and Carter Street? I'm wondering whose idea it was to put the Apis Bull in front of the Tallan Building at the corner of MLK and Carter Street? We can't have the 10 Commandments at the courthouse, but this is o.k.? Mark Vestal Signal Moutain ... (more)

Riverbend Festival Executive Director Chip Baker told the Civitan Club on Friday that the city's decision to no longer provide city police officers inside the festival gates will cost pin prices to go up next year.

U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes holds up a photo of U.S. embassy security personnel Tyrone Woods, who was killed in the Benghazi attacks, as Rep.

In response to this blatant violation of states' rights to legislate, and consumers' right to know, the OCA and a nationwide alliance have launched a petition to put every member of Congress on notice: If you support any Farm Bill amendment that would nullify states' rights to label genetically modified organisms , we'll vote or throw you out of ... (more)

Otherwise your energy and attention must be dissipated instead of being concentrated.

Markup in the House Agriculture Committee didn't wrap up as quickly as it did in the Senate, but Committee Chair Frank Lucas was still pleased with the progress.

On Thursday, McConnell found himself flanked by tea-party-backed Bachmann, left, and King at a news conference outside the Capitol.

Two seemingly common-sense, bipartisan food reforms have gotten mugged on Capitol Hill in recent days.

Though we stopped it in its tracks last year, the U.S. House of Representatives will again consider an amendment to Congress' Farm Bill that would block states' efforts to reduce the suffering of animals killed for food.

A Republican-controlled panel in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the biggest cuts in food stamps for the poor in a generation and a potentially expensive expansion of federally subsidized crop insurance.

The agency took its lumps Tuesday - the GOP smelled blood and lunged over last week's allegations that Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had hit up industry officials for financial assistance with the implementation of Obamacare.

A woman walks out of the Internal Revenue Service building in New York in this May 13, 2013 photo.

Eric Holder comes to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a show of fireworks that could be unlike any seen in this Congress so far.

During the winter months we heard Sen. Marco Rubio repeatedly say he would not support any immigration reform bill unless we first had secured our borders.

Senate Judiciary Committee members overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to limit the flow of immigrants to the U.S. offered by a leading opponent of a broad revision of immigration law.

A prominent House conservative said Tuesday that the immigration reform bill under consideration in the Senate is part of an ongoing plot to build a massive new Democratic voting bloc.