Senate set to pass half-trillion dollar farm bill (edited title)

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Senate set to pass half-trillion dollar farm bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to pass a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that would expand government subsidies for crop insurance, rice and peanuts while making small cuts in the food stamp program.

The chamber is expected to vote on the legislation Monday. The bill, which costs almost $100 billion annually, also would eliminate subsidies that are paid to farmers whether they farm or not. It would save about $2.4 billion a year, including across-the-board cuts that took effect earlier this year.

The Senate passed a similar farm bill last year on a bipartisan 64-35 vote. The House is expected to take up its own version of the farm bill as early as this month, in what could be a contentious and much more partisan floor fight over domestic food aid.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20130610/US-Farm-Bill/

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Edited? You mean the farm bill isn't welfare? Pretty lame edit, if you ask me. I guess it would be asking too much for the mod to identify itself and include the original title.

Edited June 11, 2013 by The Patriot

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Corporate welfare isn't really welfare. It'll trickle down, you know. Any day now.

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Edited? You mean the farm bill isn't welfare? Pretty lame edit, if you ask me. I guess it would be asking too much for the mod to identify itself and include the original title.

Darn right it is. So is the federal flood insurance program...