Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
The House launched into debate of more than 100 amendments to the farm bill Wednesday, but there were signs that final passage might be...
The U.S. farm subsidy program can be an important tool in stabilizing crop prices and ensuring a consistent food supply. The federal program...
The end of earmarks and the loss of Hawaii’s senior U.S. senators might well have led to something bordering on an economic catastrophe for...
Jimmy Thomas Sasser stood in silence in February as a federal judge sentenced him to four years in prison. For more than a decade,...
The federal government would be forced to make decisions on offshore drilling before fully scrutinizing how the work would affect coral and...
TUESDAY’S AGENDA: Film director James Cameron will advocate for ocean research during a Tuesday Senate hearing.
The legendary filmmaker...
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., called a bill to advance the Keystone XL pipeline an earmark. Is it?
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., recently took...
Senators critical of the level of spending in the giant $955 billion farm bill are fighting for floor votes after the Memorial Day recess on...
WASHINGTON — Louisiana’s two senators vowed Tuesday to continue the battle to delay rate hikes in flood insurance policies after a...
Amid sharply partisan exchanges over guns, immigration and the federal budget, the debate that began in the Senate this week over a water...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013