'Monsanto Protection Act' slips silently through US Congress ? RT USA Wow... that's incredible. Countries banning Monsanto because of what they do and Obama moves to protect them. Perhaps he should have watched: Owned & Operated - YouTube! Oh wait.. he belongs to that group... what was I thinking...
Not too clear from the first reference but what Obama signed appears to be the Agricutural Appropriations Bill for 2013. Sometimes politial leaders without a line item veto have to sign off on legislation even though they sometimes contain items (the rider in this case) that they do not like. But I do agree that lobbyists have too much power in writing legislation.
If they have principles and courage, they don't have to sign anything. But I realize that's quite a hypothetical.