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== Lobbying ==
From lobbying reports, it appears that [[Monsanto]] did specifically lobby on this particular issue. In the second and third quarters of 2012, Monsanto paid $50,000 per quarter ($100,000 total) to the lobby firm [[Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld]] for lobbying the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and the [[U.S. Senate]] on "Issues relating to international trade agreements; introduction of client's international activities; issues relating to funding of the U.S.-Brazil Framework on cotton; issues relating to Farmer Assurance Provision in Agriculture appropriations bill (H.R. 5973)."<ref>[http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=choosefields Lobbying Disclosure Act Database], Accessed April 4, 2013.</ref> The lobbyist was [[Brian Pomper]].
(It's impossible to tell if Monsanto devoted other lobbying resources to this cause, as their other lobbying disclosures do not specify what their lobbying was about. However, in the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2013, Monsanto spent $1,520,000, $1,800,000 and $1,240,000, respectively, on its in-house lobbyists, and they did lobby on the bill containing the "Monsanto Protection Act" (H.R. 5973).<ref>[http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=choosefields Lobbying Disclosure Act Database], Accessed April 4, 2013.</ref>)
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