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Reid pressures House to pass farm bill
Source: Associated Press
Reid pressures House to pass farm bill
AP foreign, Monday June 24 2013
MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says his chamber won't pass an extension of farm policy this year and is pressuring the House to figure out how to pass a farm bill.
The House rejected its version of a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill last week, with 62 Republicans voting no after Speaker John Boehner urged support. The Senate passed its farm bill earlier this month with support from two-thirds of the chamber.
Reid on Monday urged Boehner take up the Senate farm bill before current policy expires Sept. 30.
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Both bills expand farm subsidies while saving money overall and making cuts to the almost $80 billion-a-year food stamp program, which has doubled in cost in the last five years. The Senate bill cuts $400 million a year from food stamps, or half a percent, while the House bill cuts $2 billion annually, or about three percent.
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AP foreign, Monday June 24 2013
MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says his chamber won't pass an extension of farm policy this year and is pressuring the House to figure out how to pass a farm bill.
The House rejected its version of a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill last week, with 62 Republicans voting no after Speaker John Boehner urged support. The Senate passed its farm bill earlier this month with support from two-thirds of the chamber.
Reid on Monday urged Boehner take up the Senate farm bill before current policy expires Sept. 30.
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Both bills expand farm subsidies while saving money overall and making cuts to the almost $80 billion-a-year food stamp program, which has doubled in cost in the last five years. The Senate bill cuts $400 million a year from food stamps, or half a percent, while the House bill cuts $2 billion annually, or about three percent.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10852928
