Warlord
06-04-2013, 06:19 AM
Senate Democrats hope to pass a five-year farm bill this week and bolster their appeal with rural voters, who they see as crucial to retaining their majority in 2014.
Democrats have stepped up their outreach to rural constituencies this year as they head into a daunting midterm election year with a slew of seats in conservative-leaning rural states to defend.
The $955 billion farm bill establishes subsidy levels for crops and pays for the federal food stamp program. Much of the funding will go to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
It would eliminate some subsidies in the form of direct payments, but create other new subsidies and expand crop insurance. In a significant concession to Republicans, it cuts $23 billion in spending over 10 years, including $4 billion from food stamps.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/303227-democrats-see-farm-bill-rural-voters-as-key-to-2014-election#ixzz2VFWGfVFD
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LOL at 'significant concession' . I can't believe the GOP aren't insisting on making the food stamps more difficult to get. 60 million on them is insane.
Democrats have stepped up their outreach to rural constituencies this year as they head into a daunting midterm election year with a slew of seats in conservative-leaning rural states to defend.
The $955 billion farm bill establishes subsidy levels for crops and pays for the federal food stamp program. Much of the funding will go to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
It would eliminate some subsidies in the form of direct payments, but create other new subsidies and expand crop insurance. In a significant concession to Republicans, it cuts $23 billion in spending over 10 years, including $4 billion from food stamps.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/303227-democrats-see-farm-bill-rural-voters-as-key-to-2014-election#ixzz2VFWGfVFD
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LOL at 'significant concession' . I can't believe the GOP aren't insisting on making the food stamps more difficult to get. 60 million on them is insane.