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Bill: Repeal of the GM Foods Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 2325
Description[?]:
| This abomination must not be allowed to continue on Holy soil. Research should be permitted to continue in a quarantined offshore colony to us to combat the very real risk of contamination of our Holy Land by GM crops from foreign lands. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:50:41, December 06, 2006 CET | From | Christian People's Party (IA) | To | Debating the Repeal of the GM Foods Act |
| Message | Repealing this bill will hurt our agricultural economy in that we will be less competitive. GM foods offer a way to quickly improve crop characteristics such as yield, pest resistance, or herbicide tolerance, often to a degree not possible with traditional methods. And remember we have to think about feeding our rapidly growing population. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 15 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 69 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 11 |
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