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Bernie Sanders, an Independant from Vermont, and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee. The bill has already garnered support from other lawmakers. It's also supported by the nonprofit Consumers Union, publisher of the trusted Consumer ...and more »

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, said his amendment was an attempt to clarify that states can require the labels, as several legislatures have moved toward putting such laws into place. Both the Vermont House and Connecticut Senate voted this month to make food companies declare genetically modified ingredients on their packages. The Senate rejected the amendment on a 71-27 vote during ... Sanders said he is going to continue to push the issue in Congress. He said he offered the amendment to protect states that ...and more »

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote a strongly worded letter to the president to keep his “campaign promises to strengthen Social Security.” Members of the fiercely loyal Congressional Black Caucus, who rarely air their disagreements with the administration ...and more »

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., lost a vote Thursday to amend the farm bill being debated in the U.S. Senate with a provision that would permit States to require that any food, beverage, or other edible product offered for sale have a label on indicating that the food, ... In addition to granting states authority to set labeling rules, Sanders' amendment also “would have required the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to report to Congress within two years on the percentage of food and ...and more »

Raw StoryAfter the Senate rejected an amendment that would have let states require labels on food or beverages made with genetically modified ingredients, Sen. Bernie Sanders called them out. After seeing his amendment rejected by a vote of 29-71, Sen. Sanders ...Sen. Bernie Sanders pushes to allow states to label genetically engineered foodsRaw StorySenator Bernie Sanders: Let States Require GMO Food LabelseNews Park ForestSanders' amendment allowing states to regulate GMOs failsvt.Buzz (blog)Brattleboro Reformer -AgraNet (subscription) -Politicoall 31 news articles »

Also Thursday, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified foods. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said his amendment was an attempt to clarify that states can require the labels, as ...Senate rejects GM food labeling amendment to farm billThe GuardianFarm bill: Senate rejects GMO labeling amendmentKHON2Senate keeps USDA sugar programAgriculture.comall 106 news articles »

FARM BILL UPDATE - The Senate today overwhelming rejected a Bernie Sanders amendment that would allow states to require genetically modified foods to be labeled as such. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, objecting to reconsidering the Monsanto ...and more »

Updates introduced this week to the Older Americans Act would improve the funding potential for senior care services across the nation. Amendments to the existing legislation, reintroduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), would help support initiatives ...and more »

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who sponsored the genetic modification amendment, in a statement just before the vote. "All over the world, in the European Union, in many other countries around the world, dozens and dozens of countries, people are able to look ...and more »

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who sponsored the genetic modification amendment, in a statement just before the vote. "All over the world, in the European Union, in many other countries around the world, dozens and dozens of countries, people are able to look ...and more »

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said his amendment was an attempt to clarify that states can require the labels, as several legislatures have moved toward putting such laws into place. Both the Vermont House and Connecticut Senate voted this month to make food ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified foods. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, said his amendment was an attempt to clarify that states can require the labels, as several legislatures have moved toward putting such laws into place. Both the Vermont House and Connecticut Senate voted ... Sanders said he is going to continue to push the issue in Congress. He said he offered the amendment to protect states ...and more »

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that would have allowed states to require labeling of genetically engineered foods. The Vermont House passed a GE labelling bill early this month, and the Connecticut and Maine Senates followed suit on Tuesday. All three New ...and more »

Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) amendment to the Farm Bill that would protect the authority of states to require the labeling of foods that contain genetically modified ingredients “should they choose to pass legislation.” “The people of Vermont and the people ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, said his amendment was an attempt to clarify that states can require the labels, as several legislatures have moved toward putting such laws into place. Both the Vermont House and Connecticut Senate voted this month to make food companies declare genetically modified ingredients on their packages. The Senate rejected the amendment on a 71-27 vote during ... Sanders said he is going to continue to push the issue in Congress. He said he offered the amendment to protect states that ...and more »

WASHINGTON--(ENEWSPF)--May 23 - Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, today introduced legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Older Americans Act which supports Meals on Wheels and other ...

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to let states require labels on food or beverages made with genetically modified ingredients. “An overwhelming majority of Americans favor GMO labeling but virtually all of the major biotech and food corporations in the country oppose it,” ...and more »

Last month, the chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., asked Shinseki whether there were any benchmarks to show progress toward the VA's goals. Shinseki did not answer. In one internal VA document, obtained by CIR, ...and more »

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the sponsor of the amendment, said shortly before the vote. “All over the world, in the European Union, in many other countries around the world, dozens and dozens of countries, people are able to look at the food that they are ...and more »

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said his amendment was an attempt to clarify that states can require the labels, as several legislatures have moved toward putting such laws into place. ... Sanders said he would continue to push the issue in Congress.and more »

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) cited a statistic saying that the country needs 16,000 new primary care doctors to address today's gaps in care. The problem will get worse when the Affordable Care Act brings 30 million more Americans into the system. On the one ...and more »

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to let states require labels on food or beverages made with genetically modified ingredients.The issue is of special interest to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont. “An overwhelming majority of Americans favor GMO labeling but virtually all of the ... The measure also would have required the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to report to Congress within two years on the percentage of food and beverages in the United States that contain genetically engineered ...and more »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has overwhelmingly rejected an amendment allowing states to require labeling of genetically modified foods. The amendment by Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders tried to clarify that states can require the labels.and more »

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the sponsor of the amendment, said shortly before the vote. "All over the world, in the European Union, in many other countries around the world, dozens and dozens of countries, people are able to look at the food that they are ...

The Idaho StatesmanWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has overwhelmingly rejected an amendment allowing states to require labeling of genetically modified foods. The amendment by Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders tried to clarify that states can require the labels.Senate keeps USDA sugar programAgriculture.comall 91 news articles »