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• I'm Ripping You Off

  Published: August 2, 2007, 11:42 am

  Tags: Kristof Nicholas, Times Select, Farm Bill

  of payments go to commercial farmers who earn more than $200,000 annually, while 95 percent of farmers get little or no benefit from the farm bill. That's why my friends from my F.F.A. days speak contemptuously about those who make a living farming the government. Look, I fervently believe in trying to preserve the family farm and the

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• Murder, plain and simple

  Published: July 26, 2007, 12:49 pm

  Tags: Primates, Dogfighting, Wildlife, Farm Bill, Animal Welfare, Endangered Species

  and the all-over-the-map farm bill, including requests to incorporate more animal welfare measures into the bill before it is passed. Also, Michael Vick continues to make the news. Until a disturbing story came along, I had intended to cover the good news that California's Supreme Court unanimously rejected an argument by Adidas that federal

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• Farm Bill success

  Published: July 7, 2007, 12:48 pm

  Tags: Farm Bill, Animal Welfare, Animal Agriculture

  Federal Power Grab from Farm Bill, and Eliminating Earmark for Veal (press release)First off, I want to thank everyone who responded to my request to contact their legislators in opposition to Section 123 (of Title I) of the Farm Bill. It seems all our efforts have paid off, as the section appears to have been removed the mark-up draft

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• Senate Panel Moves $288 Billion Farm Bill

  Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate, Panel, Moves, 288, Billion, Farm, Bill, The Washington Post Company, Bob Stallman, Chesapeake Bay, Mark E Keenum, Max Baucus, Michael R Mcleod, Pat Roberts, Tom Harkin, American Association Of Crop Insurers, American Farm Bureau Federation, German Marshall Fund

  The Senate Agriculture Committee, under pressure to make changes in decades-old subsidy programs, voted yesterday to offer farmers an alternative safety net that lawmakers said will provide better protection against falling incomes and will save as much as $4 billion over the next five years.

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• Senate Panel Moves $288 Billion Farm Bill

  Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate, Panel, Moves, 288, Billion, Farm, Bill, The Washington Post Company, Bob Stallman, Chesapeake Bay, Mark E Keenum, Max Baucus, Michael R Mcleod, Pat Roberts, Tom Harkin, American Association Of Crop Insurers, American Farm Bureau Federation, German Marshall Fund

  The Senate Agriculture Committee, under pressure to make changes in decades-old subsidy programs, voted yesterday to offer farmers an alternative safety net that lawmakers said will provide better protection against falling incomes and will save as much as $4 billion over the next five years.

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• Senate Panel Moves $288 Billion Farm Bill

  Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate, Panel, Moves, 288, Billion, Farm, Bill, The Washington Post Company, Bob Stallman, Chesapeake Bay, Mark E Keenum, Max Baucus, Michael R Mcleod, Pat Roberts, Tom Harkin, American Association Of Crop Insurers, American Farm Bureau Federation, German Marshall Fund

  The Senate Agriculture Committee, under pressure to make changes in decades-old subsidy programs, voted yesterday to offer farmers an alternative safety net that lawmakers said will provide better protection against falling incomes and will save as much as $4 billion over the next five years.

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• Democratic Legislative Roundup -- Fighting for Veterans

  Published: November 5, 2007, 10:20 pm

  Tags: Environment, Youth, John Conyers, Inherent Contempt, Josh Bolten, Harriett Miers, House Judiciary Committee, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Veterans, Pakistan, Iraq, Osama Bin Laden, Farm Bill, Democratic Legislative Roundup

  This is the first edition of the Democratic Legislative Roundup -- showing what the Democrats are doing in Congress. It will include the good as well as the bad so that people can evaluate the Democrats and the Democratic leadership after looking at

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• Bush Vows To Veto Senate's Farm Bill

  Published: November 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Vows, Veto, Senate S, Farm, Bill, Charles F Conner, The White House, German Marshall Fund, United States

  The Bush administration, setting the stage for another confrontation with Congress over a major spending measure, issued a veto threat yesterday against the Senate version of the $288 billion farm bill.

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• Senate's Farm Bill Includes $10 Billion in New Aid

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate S, Farm, Bill, Includes, Billion, New, Aid, The Washington Post Company, Max Baucus, U S Congressional Budget Office, Virginia, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Charles F Conner, Daniel A Sumner, Dick Durbin, George W Bush, Judd Gregg, Kent Conrad, Saxby Chambl

  Thanks to the application of a little last-minute budgetary magic, the farm bill before the Senate this week authorizes about $10 billion in new subsidies, price guarantees and disaster aid in the next decade, even as farmers report near-record profits.

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• Senate's Farm Bill Includes $10 Billion in New Aid

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate S, Farm, Bill, Includes, Billion, New, Aid, The Washington Post Company, Max Baucus, U S Congressional Budget Office, Virginia, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Charles F Conner, Daniel A Sumner, Dick Durbin, George W Bush, Judd Gregg, Kent Conrad, Saxby Chambl

  Thanks to the application of a little last-minute budgetary magic, the farm bill before the Senate this week authorizes about $10 billion in new subsidies, price guarantees and disaster aid in the next decade, even as farmers report near-record profits.

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• Senate's Farm Bill Includes $10 Billion in New Aid

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate S, Farm, Bill, Includes, Billion, New, Aid, The Washington Post Company, Max Baucus, U S Congressional Budget Office, Virginia, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Charles F Conner, Daniel A Sumner, Dick Durbin, George W Bush, Judd Gregg, Kent Conrad, Saxby Chambl

  Thanks to the application of a little last-minute budgetary magic, the farm bill before the Senate this week authorizes about $10 billion in new subsidies, price guarantees and disaster aid in the next decade, even as farmers report near-record profits.

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• The Rich and Powerful Likely to Get Richer [All Is Right With The World]

  Published: November 13, 2007, 4:58 pm

  Tags: All Is Right With The World, Farm Bill, Lobbying, Stupid Ways To Spend Money

  The government likes to give farmers money. Lots and lots of money. And, even though the average household income for farmers is higher than for non-farmers, Congress would like to give them some of...

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• The Rich and Powerful Likely to Get Richer [All Is Right With The World]

  Published: November 13, 2007, 4:58 pm

  Tags: All Is Right With The World, Farm Bill, Lobbying, Stupid Ways To Spend Money

  than usual, if the other farmers in his state didn’t (or stopped farming) s/he’d get extra money. Oh, but they’re going to pay for it by taxing corporations more. That’s good, right? Another Year at the Federal Trough: Farm Subsidies for the Rich, Famous, and Elected Jumped Again in 2002 [Heritage Foundation]

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• Farm Bill At Standstill After Vote

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Farm, Bill, Standstill, After, Vote, U S Senate, Collin Peterson, The White House, Mitch Mcconnell, Norm Coleman, Gordon Smith, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, The Washington Post Company, Charles F Conner, Chuck Grassley, John Thune, Ken Salazar, Tom Harkin, German Marsha

  Senate Democrats failed yesterday to break an impasse that has stalled action on a five-year, $286 billion farm bill, increasing the possibility that the legislation could be delayed until next year.

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• Farm Bill At Standstill After Vote

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Farm, Bill, Standstill, After, Vote, U S Senate, Collin Peterson, The White House, Mitch Mcconnell, Norm Coleman, Gordon Smith, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, The Washington Post Company, Charles F Conner, Chuck Grassley, John Thune, Ken Salazar, Tom Harkin, German Marsha

  Senate Democrats failed yesterday to break an impasse that has stalled action on a five-year, $286 billion farm bill, increasing the possibility that the legislation could be delayed until next year.

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