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ON WEDNESDAY David Vitter (pictured), a Republican senator from Louisiana, proposed—and the Senate agriculture committee accepted—an amendment to the farm bill that would, in Mr Vitter's words, "prohibit convicted murderers, rapists and pedophiles from receiving food stamps." It's not hard to see why this amendment passed. Show More Summary
Stuck on eggs — AgMinute for May 24, 2013
Federal standards for the welfare of egg-laying hens suffered a defeat when they failed to make it into the farm bill legislation voted out of the agriculture committees in the U.S. House and Senate.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published a Notice of Solicitation for Nominations for its Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers for 2-year membership terms in the Federal Register dated April 30, 2013. U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance announces the next … Continue reading ?
GOP Food Stamps Proposal Would Discriminate Against African-Americans
On Wednesday the Senate agriculture committee approved a GOP proposal that would amend the farm bill the Senate is considering to ban "convicted murderers, rapists, and pedophiles" from getting food stamps. On its surface, the idea sounds...Show More Summary
Congressman’s Misuse Of Bible Verse Belies Bad Theology And Ideology On Food Stamps
Our guest blogger is Jack Jenkins, a Senior Writer and Researcher with the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative. As the House Agriculture Committee convened earlier this week to discuss whether or not to cut as much as $4.1 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), the conversation between lawmakers [...]
Immigration bill advances in Senate
Fresh produce and agricultural leaders praised the Senate Judiciary Committee’s 13 to 5 vote in favor of immigration reform legislation and promised heavy lobbying efforts to help secure the bill’s approval in the full Senate.
Congressman Who Gets Millions In Farm Subsidies Denounces Food Stamps As Stealing ‘Other People’s Money’
Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) agitated against food aid for poor Americans included in the Farm Bill during last week’s House Agricultural Committee debate, accusing the government of stealing “other people’s money.” Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has already been decimated in both the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill, cutting [...]
Sen. Cochran Addresses 2013 Farm Bill on Senate Floor
On Monday, Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R., Miss.) discussed the Farm Bill on the Senate floor. -kg
Video: Chairwoman Stabenow- 2013 Farm Bill on Senate Floor.
On Monday, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) discussed the Farm Bill on the Senate floor. -kg
Congress Fight Looms on Food Stamp Cuts
Last week, the House Agriculture Committee passed a comprehensive, $940 billion farm bill in a first step towards making a five-year bill. But one central issue could derail the legislation once again: food stamp cuts. Republicans are...Show More Summary
Senator Undertakes $3-Per-Day Food Stamp Challenge As Congress Readies Cuts
As the farm bill approved by the Agriculture Committee last week reaches the Senate floor Monday afternoon, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) will be a few hours into an experiment: eating for a week on the meager food budget afford by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Murphy announced on Twitter that he would take the [...]
House Ag Ranking Member Comments on Farm Bill
The full Senate is expected to begin work on a new farm bill today, but the question is will the House ever do the same? In a telephone press conference on Friday, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Congressman Collin Peterson … Continue reading ?
Sens. McConnell, Paul Push Amendment Legalizing Hemp
The two Kentucky senators want to add it to the farm bill — and electoral politics are a factor: Paul and McConnell had hoped to insert the measure into the farm bill as it was being considered by the Agriculture Committee, but a jurisdictional spat broke out, as often does in the Senate. McConnell, a [...]
Senate to Consider Farm Bill
The full Senate is slated to begin consideration today of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 passed last week by the agriculture committee. “This is the biggest jobs bill we will pass in any Congress,” said Sen. … Continue reading ?
Agri-Pulse Open Mic with Rep. Steve King
New on Agri-Pulse this week: Congressman Steve King is an outspoken conservative member of the House Agriculture Committee. He is in line to be the chairman when the next farm bill comes up in 2018. King put through an egg … Continue reading ?
Proposed farm bills would cut billions from current spending levels
The House and Senate are set to consider separate five-year farm bills that would cut billions annually from current spending levels after the agriculture committees from both chambers approved the legislation last week. Savings from both plans would come in … Continue reading ?
Elizabeth Kucinich: God Did Not Write the Farm Bill
Don't want a children's toy containing lead paint manufactured with child labor in your state? Congressman King and the House Agriculture Committee say "tough." Want the workers in your state to have a better chance? Your state won't have the right to choose. The Feds are encroaching.
House Panel OKs $2.5B in Annual Cuts to Food Stamps After Debating Whether Jesus Would Approve
After squaring off with biblical scriptures on whether or not Jesus would approve, politicians in the House Agricultural Committee approved a farm bill on Wednesday that cuts the federal food stamp program, which supported 47 million people last year, by $2.5 billion annually.
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis talks about the Farm Bill
Published on May 17, 2013- U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R., IL) talks about the recent markup of the Farm Bill in the House Agriculture Committee on WYXY with Gale Cunningham on Friday, May 17, 2013 -kg
Farming Tax Dollars
The most recent version of the near $1 trillion farm bill is on the move again after being held up for a few months in the House at the end of last year. It has now passed out of the House and Senate agriculture committees. The Senate is supposed to take up the bill next week, and it could then be brought to the floor in June. Show More Summary
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