OCA SURVEY

Who’€™s Your Favorite Monsanto Minion?

You voted for (some of) them. You pay their salaries. But it’€™s Monsanto, not you, who spends millions to put them in office. And it’€™s Monsanto ‘€“ not you – that they work for.

We’€™ve narrowed the field of Monsanto’€™s best friends in Congress to seven. On October 10, we’€™ll head to the halls of Congress to present OCA’€™s first Monsanto’€™s Minion Awards. But before we do, we’€™d like to hear from you. Who’€™s your favorite Monsanto Minion? See the list and vote here.

There are no cheap dates on Capitol Hill. Monsanto spent nearly $3 million wooing Congress in the first half of 2013, putting the Biotech Bully on track to match the more than $6 million it spent on lobbying in 2012. Monsanto’s PAC has doled out $237,000 in federal campaign contributions in the first half of 2013, a sign it plans to exceed the $469,000 the company spent stacking the deck with its favorite biotech-friendly candidates in 2011-2012.

From collaborating with Monsanto to write the Monsanto Protection Act, to crafting legislation that might take away states’€™ rights to label GMOs. Monsanto’€™s Minions have been hard at work. Who’€™s your favorite?

Deadline October 7: Vote here