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Senate trims insurance subsidies for some By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/23/2013 @ 7:08pm

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) doesn't think the federal government should saddle our children with debt to pay 62% of ...

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Senate keeps USDA sugar program By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/22/2013 @ 6:28pm

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) threaded a new farm bill through another day of ...

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Senate rejects farm bill food stamp changes By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/21/2013 @ 5:58pm

The Senate defeated two amendments to change food stamp spending in a farm bill being debated on the floor Tuesday ...

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Ag committee's new alliances By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/16/2013 @ 11:09am

Just before the House Agriculture Committee finished debating its farm bill late Wednesday night, a freshman Democrat on the committee, Michelle Lujan Grisham, spoke about an amendment she was withdrawing that ...

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Better margin for House farm bill By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/16/2013 @ 7:10am

Just before midnight Wednesday, the House Agriculture Committee voted 36 to 10 to advance its own version of a farm bill for a vote that's expected in June on the floor of the House.The bill drew slightly ...

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House progresses on farm bill By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/15/2013 @ 4:38pm

As bitterly divided over food stamp spending as a year ago, the House Agriculture Committee worked halfway through its 576-page farm bill by midafternoon Wednesday. It approved commodity programs that put more ...

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Senate tacks on conservation compliance By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/14/2013 @ 7:58pm

When it approved a new farm bill Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee formally adopted a conservation compliance compromise worked out between farm groups and conservation advocates.The compromise drops a ...

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Senate Committee advances farm bill By: DANIEL LOOKER 05/13/2013 @ 11:00pm

By a vote of 15-5, members of the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill Tuesday that is projected to save almost $24 billion in federal spending over a decade. It continues some of last year's ...

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