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(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, they engaged in the second, third, and fourth quarters quite a bit of 2013, Monsanto spent $1,520,000, $1,800,000 and $1,240,000, respectively, lobbying on its in-house lobbyistsH.R. 5973, and they did lobby on the bill containing that contained the "Monsanto Protection Act", H.R. 5973. They also employed Noble Strategies to lobby on H.R. 5973, spending a total of $60,000 on lobbying with them in the third and fourth last three quarters of 2012.<ref>[http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=choosefields Lobbying Disclosure Act Database], Accessed April 4, 2013.</ref>)This includes: Second Quarter 2012:* Monsanto's In-House lobbying: $1,520,000, Third Quarter 2012:* Monsanto's In-House lobbying: $1,800,000 * Noble Strategies: $30,000 Fourth Quarter 2012: * Monsanto's In-House lobbying: $1,240,000* [[Noble Strategies]]: $30,000* [[The Russell Group, Inc.]]: $80,000
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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]].
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