The Senate looks to settle the issue of biotech labeling once and for all this week with a historic debate on legislation that would block states from requiring GMO disclosure

 

According to a source familiar with the negotiations, a compromise version of the legislation is likely to be released on Monday. The bill is expected to be on the floor by Wednesday.

 

Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts and his committee's top Democrat, Debbie Stabenow, spent last week negotiating over changes that would ensure the bill could get enough Democratic support to move to break a filibuster and move to a final vote. Another source said that Stabenow, who has been pushing for a mandatory disclosure requirement, had not yet signed onto an agreement with Roberts as of Monday morning.

 

Groups supporting and opposed to the legislation (S. 2609) have gone to the air in recent days in the Washington area and key states ahead of the election.

 

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