[Peace-discuss] Humane Society targets Rep. Davis on farm bill amendment that threatens California law

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

I would support the expulsion of Steve King from the congress,
but I would say it's highly specious to associate ethical vegetarianism with
the democratic regulation of capitalism, wto, nafta, bathroom breaks for 
lettuce, etc.

Has Paul Mueth hacked your passwords?

On 11/06/13 22:14, Robert Naiman wrote:
>
> This is interesting to me because 1) the Humane Society is a huge 
> organization with people everywhere in the U.S. and 2) they are 
> hardliners on protecting the power of the people to democratically 
> regulate capitalism, especially the conditions under which commodities 
> are produced. That's why they're "good on trade," and hate the WTO and 
> NAFTA as much as they should. If you think you have a right to know 
> whether the workers who made the jeans you're wearing had bathroom 
> breaks, if you think you have a right to know how old the kids were 
> who picked the lettuce you're eating, their fight is your fight. So it 
> would be a very good thing for humanity in general if the Humane 
> Society wins this fight.
>
> http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/agriculture/189253-humane-society-launches-ad-buy-over-farm-bill 
>
>
> November 05, 2013, 10:25 am
> Humane Society targets farm bill amendment
> By Erik Wasson
>
> The lobbying arm of The Humane Society has taken out $100,000 in 
> online ads in its quest to get a key animal rights amendment stripped 
> from the 2013 farm bill.
> The ads, which began running Friday, target members of the newly 
> formed House-Senate farm bill conference committee, which began work 
> last Wednesday.
> At issue is an amendment sponsored by conservative Rep. Steve King 
> (R-Iowa) that attempts to stop states like California from banning 
> goods made in other states based on the means of production.
> The California law is aimed at eggs laid by hens kept in battery 
> cages, and helped spur an agreement between the Humane Society and the 
> United Egg Producers to phase out battery cages. A smaller group of 
> egg producers and lobbyists for other growers, including pig farmers, 
> are behind the King amendment.
> The Humane Society Legislative Fund is targeting Sens. Max Baucus 
> (D-Mont.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Reps. 
> Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), Tim Walz (D-Minn.), Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.), 
> Steve Southerland (R-Fla.), Martha Roby (R-Ala.), *Rodney Davis 
> (R-Ill.)*, Austin Scott (R-Ga.), and Glenn Thompson (R-Pa..).
> In 2012, the Humane Society Legislative Fund spent heavily in a failed 
> effort to defeat King, whom the group views as its chief foe in Congress.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
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