 Funding for food stamps has overshadowed agriculture policy in congressional debate about a five-year farm bill.
Journal Gazette 9 hours ago
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Have you noticed that when it comes to food policy, the U.S. Congress isn't always an unflinching champion of the public interest?
Today, you have an opportunity to do something about that.
Sen...
Huffington Post 9 hours ago
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Videos for "Farm Bill" | national lawmakers discuss major cuts to the farm bill.
Source: KIFI ABC Idaho Falls, ID - 1 day ago
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In today's Senate debate on the farm bill, Senator David Vitter offered -- and Senate Democrats accepted -- an amendment that would increase hardship and will likely have strongly racially..
Huffington Post 11 hours ago
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WASHINGTON -- Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday signaled to advocates that he would support an amendment to the farm bill that will legalize industrial hemp production,..
Huffington Post 15 hours ago
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced an amendment to the farm bill Monday that would allow farmers to grow industrial hemp, an aide told HuffPost.
The "Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013" would..
Huffington Post 1 day ago
| Farm bill advocates beat off attacks challenging the level of savings from nutrition programs.
Politico 1 day ago
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The U.S. Senate this week has started to fine-tune the huge, new five-year farm bill, working through votes on a series of amendments that will include a proposal to eliminate federal subsidies for..
Miami Herald 1 day agoAlso reported by •KansasCity.com
| Harry Reid set a date for when your hopes of a functioning Senate will once again be dashed. Lawmakers are trying to reduce the number of people necessary to inspect catfish, though it's unclear..
Huffington Post 1 day ago
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Congress got it right this time!
Last week, both houses voted across party lines for a program that stands to make a huge difference in the health of people across the country. The House and Senate..
Huffington Post 2 days ago
| From the day I entered medicine, I was taught a simple rule: first, do no harm. With debate under way on reauthorization of the Farm Bill, the vast majority of which authorizes funding for the..
Huffington Post 2 days ago
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