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Protesters Shower Dollar Bills on Senate

By Thomas McKinless and Bridget Bowman

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Dollar bills rained onto the Senate floorWednesday as protesters called on senators to reject a bill relating to labeling products with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Alexis Baden-Mayer, political director of the Organic Consumers Association, and Adam Eidinger, a local activist and founder of “Occupy Monsanto,” dropped more than $2,000 worth of dollar bills onto the floor around 4 p.m. to raise attention about large corporations’ influence on the legislation. View full story.

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