2007 Farm Bill |
| Published: December 16, 2007, 10:56 am |
| Tags: 2008presidentialelection, colorado water |
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Here's the lowdown on the 2007 Farm Bill from The Pueblo Chieftain. From the article: Sometimes big things come in small packages and that is the case with the 2007 Farm Bill that the Senate approved Friday afternoon - despite a warning from President Bush that unless sharper cuts are made in subsidy payments made to wealthy farmers, he will veto the final bill. The Farm Bill is a simple name for far-reaching legislation that spells out federal farm and ranch programs until 2012, from crop subsidy payments to federal grants for building biofuel refineries. In Colorado alone, Department of Agriculture payments totaled $357 million in 2005. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., has staked a lot on the new farm bill, bringing the Senate Agriculture Committee to Colorado early last year for a field hearing and shepherding sections of the legislation through Senate debate last week. Perhaps the biggest change that Salazar has pushed for is the creation of a new $5 billion disaster emergency [ Full article ] |
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