Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Fiscal group enraged by limits on House farm bill amendments
June 20, 2013 |
The Hill |
Deficit hawks at Taxpayers for Common Sense are enraged Wednesday by limits imposed by the House Rules Committee on farm bill... 
House to Consider 100-Plus Farm Bill Amendments; Passage May Slip to Next Week
June 20, 2013 |
Roll Call |
The House launched into debate of more than 100 amendments to the farm bill Wednesday, but there were signs that final passage might be...
Cotton Amendments Left Out Of Farm Debates
June 19, 2013 |
Times Record |
Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, saw several of his amendments fall by the wayside Wednesday without debate as the House launched a marathon...
Earmarks 2.0: Plenty of Swag for Hawaii In Defense Bills
June 19, 2013 |
Honolulu Civil Beat |
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...
Opposition to House Farm Bill Spans Political Spectrum
June 18, 2013 |
The New York Times |
As the House prepares to vote this week on a new five-year farm bill, advocacy groups from across the political spectrum are lining up to...
Fraud Used to Frame Farm Bill Debate
June 18, 2013 |
The New York Times |
Jimmy Thomas Sasser stood in silence in February as a federal judge sentenced him to four years in prison. For more than a decade,...
Sushi Aid in $1 Trillion Agriculture Bill Angers Watchdogs
June 17, 2013 |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
Tucked deep in the 1,198-page U.S. House agriculture policy legislation is an initiative to guarantee prices for sushi rice. So too is...
The Senate is voting on a $955 billion farm bill. Here’s what’s in it.
June 10, 2013 |
The Washington Post |
On Monday evening, the Senate will vote on a massive farm bill that will set the course of U.S. food policy for the next decade. The old...
Crop insurance push made for conservation requirements
June 10, 2013 |
Insurance News Daily |
Rep. Mike Thompson wants the subsidized coverage to require compliance for eligibility.
Among the differences between the current...
Changes to dairy subsidies may take Boston out of equation
June 10, 2013 |
The Boston Globe |
WASHINGTON — No one would mistake Boston for a bovine bastion.
So it may come as a shock that the eyes of the nation’s dairy farmers are...
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