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Farming: June is . . . a mess
Less than a generation ago, June meant the end of school, the beginning of summer and the arrival of Dairy Month. Now, somehow, June has become the Golf Channel’s official Pace of Play Month, LGBT Pride Month (you can look that up) and Farm Bill...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Parties and Movements, Congressional Budget Office, Collin Peterson, Politics
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Senate passes farm bill, moving debate to House
WASHINGTON (AP) - The last time Congress passed a farm bill, Democrats had control of the House and the food stamp program was about half the size it is today. That was five years ago. Conservatives calling for an overhaul of the domestic food aid...Tags: Thad Cochran, Parties and Movements, Science and Technology, Politics, Republican Party
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Senate passes farm bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that expands government subsidies for crop insurance, rice and peanuts, while making small cuts to food stamps. The bill passed on a bipartisan 66-27 vote. Sens. Tim...Tags: Thad Cochran, Conservation, Parties and Movements, Science and Technology, Politics
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Temporary farm subsidy program may finally meet the reaper
NEW YORK - The building is one of the finest on Central Park West. Celebrity residents. Park views. Units priced at up to $24 million. It is most definitely not a farm. But last year, the U.S. government sent $9,070 in farm subsidies to an apartment...Tags: Central Park, Politics, Arable Farming, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress
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Kathleen Sebelius and the 'fourth scandal'
The Kansas City StarIt's looking like a long summer for Kathleen Sebelius. That was going to be the case anyway, what with the pressure of getting state-based insurance exchanges -- the meat of the Affordable Care Act -- up and rolling in the face of obstruction from...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Justice System, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Reform (2009), Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Barbara Shelly: Kathleen Sebelius and the 'fourth scandal'
The Kansas City StarIt's looking like a long summer for Kathleen Sebelius. That was going to be the case anyway, what with the pressure of getting state-based insurance exchanges the meat of the Affordable Care Act up and rolling in the face of obstruction from Congress and...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Justice System, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Reform (2009), Fox News Channel (tv network)
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New tankers to be assigned to McConnell Air Force Base
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Pentagon chose McConnell Air Force Base to serve as home to the Air Force's new refueling tankers. The Air Force selected McConnell as the Main Operating Base #1 for replacing KC-135R tanker aircraft with KC-46A’s beginning in 2016. The Air...Tags: West Point, Lynn Jenkins, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of Defense, Business
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Senator Says God won't Save Us from Climate Change Doom
Michael McAuliff writes for the Huffington Post about Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's rebuttal to those who contend God would never allow mankind to destroy the planet: Although Whitehouse did not name names, some of his Senate colleagues could be counted as...
Tags: Conservation, Ecosystems, Global Change, Paul C. Broun, Weather
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Housing programs critical to Aberdeen
Access to rural housing programs that benefit a significant number of homebuyers in Aberdeen could be extended under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and others. Without an extension of some sort, the city would lose access to two...Tags: 2010 Census, Personal Income, Finance, Jon Tester, Tim Johnson
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Rubio has dinner at the White House
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of President Obama’s most persistent critics, joined him for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to talk immigration, the budget and a wide range of other... -
Obama and GOP senators discuss issues over dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama hosted Republican senators at the White House Wednesday evening, with dinner conversation including the deficit, gun control and immigration. A White House official characterized their discussion over steak...
Tags: John Boozman, Mike Enzi, Personal Weapon Control, Johnny Isakson, Politics
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Rubio dines with political adversary Obama
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of President Obama’s most persistent critics, joined him for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to talk immigration, the budget and a wide range of other topics. Not big breakthroughs emerged from the...
Tags: John Boozman, Mike Enzi, Parties and Movements, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Apr 11, 2013
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