Senate Passes Long-Stalled Farm Bill

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Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday passed the long-awaited farm bill, ending two years of partisan rancor and stalled negotiations and clearing what is expected to be the last hurdle for the nearly $1 trillion spending measure.

The bill was passed with strong bipartisan support, 68 to 32. The legislation now heads to the desk of President Obama, who is expected to sign it.

The nearly 1,000-page bill reauthorizes hundreds of programs for agriculture, dairy production, conservation, nutrition and international food aid.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill will cost $956 billion and reduce spending on farm subsidies and nutrition by $16.6 billion over the next 10 years. But lawmakers said the savings would be much higher, around $23 billion, when sequestration cuts to agriculture programs were factored in.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/us/politics/senate-passes-long-stalled-farm-bill.html

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Meanwhile, the Republican Party created long-term unemployed, are left to twist in the wind.

[closeupready]

1. Great, $1T for Michelle Bachmann, and nothing for "Ann".

Self-interest, can you say "I am a hypocrite!"?

[Javaman]

2. More over, from what I understand, is that anyone congress person that gets farm subsidies...

no longer has to make that information public.

On edit...

"Among the biggest changes in the bill are cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps"

this is disgusting.

on edit again...

"But critics of the crop insurance program, such as Vincent H. Smith, a professor of agriculture at Montana State University, and conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation, said the program had morphed from a safeguard against natural disasters into income support for farmers."

this clears the way for big agra to take over the very last few remaining privately owned farms.

[blackspade]

3. What a trash bill.

And half of the 'savings' are from depriving the working poor of food.
Disgusting.

[Tippy]

4. Presidental Veto could stop the bill

Call the WH...

[oldandhappy]

5. Farmer in the Dell gets his

and the poor and tempest tossed are once again trashed.

[Plucketeer]

6. Yeah - Bachmann's a real hero for the unemployed

She's all for them getting the jobs they want - just so long as they're willing to work with the same compensations and rights that Chinese workers get!

[warrant46]

7. That bill has a provision that $$$$ paid to Rich Corporate Farmers

for price supports and crop insurance payments are not public knowledge.

This bill restricts this information from being published or disclosed.

It is the Rich Republicans trip to Disneyland and Las Vegas all rolled into one lottery winning