Thursday, July 7, 2016

Protesters Disrupt Senate Vote on Genetically Modified Food


WASHINGTON — Protesters briefly disrupted the Senate Wednesday, tossing paper money from the visitors' gallery and chanting, "The Senate can be bought" as lawmakers voted to move ahead with legislation that would require labeling for food products containing genetically modified organisms.

The demonstration briefly stunned lawmakers as they voted and the paper cascaded down. But they resumed work quickly as U.S. Capitol police forcibly removed two vocal protesters from the visitors' gallery. Senators voted 65-32 to proceed with the bill. 

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