WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans have quietly maneuvered to prevent a House spending bill from chipping away at federal farm subsidies, instead forging ahead with much larger cuts to domestic and international food aid. The GOP move will probably prevent up to $167 million in cuts in direct payments to farmers, including some of the nation's wealthiest. Meanwhile, the annual bill to pay for food and farm programs next year would cut food aid for low-income mothers and children by $685 million, about 10 percent below this year's budget.
I have been working hard with my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus to ensure that we address these broader issues through legislation. Over the summer we passed the Farm Bill, which makes vital expansions to the nutrition programs that help 35 million low-income families. Included is an expansion of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program that provides all schoolchildren with the opportunity to eat healthfully, as well as a program that provides vouchers to lowincome seniors for purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets. I grew up looking forward to joining my family after church for a delicious feast of fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and other Southern delights. For all the joys of these traditional dinners, however, even thinking about them now i...
ONCE in a blue moon, Americans get a glimpse into the enormousness of the programs they support with their tax dollars. It is not reassuring. Take farm programs. The federal government created programs in the 1930s to stabilize farm prices and farm income. These programs have since grown explosively.
Once in a blue moon, Americans get a glimpse into the enormousness of the programs they support with their tax dollars. It is not reassuring. Take farm programs. The federal government created programs in the 1930s to stabilize farm prices and farm income. These programs have since grown explosively.
ONCE in a blue moon, the American people get a glimpse into the enormity of the programs they support with their tax dollars. It is not reassuring. Take farm programs, for instance. The federal government created programs in the 1930s to stabilize farm prices and farm income. These programs have since grown explosively over seven decades.
... SERVICE, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, AND FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINU...(iii) An assignment of other income, including FSA Farm Programs (formerly ASCS) payme...
Thoughts of Sunday dinners cannot overcome the harsh reality that diabetes is now the fourth leading cause of death in African-American families. More than 3 million of us are now burdened by this disease-nearly twice the incidence among Caucasians-and our traditional diet is a major contributor to this disparity. I have been working hard with my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus to ensure that we address these broader issues through legislation. Over the summer we passed the Farm Bill, which makes vital expansions to the nutrition programs that help 35 million low-income families. Included is an expansion of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program that provides all schoolchildren with the opportunity to eat healthy, as well as a program that provides vouchers to low-inco...
The Bush administration yesterday formally appealed a World Trade Organization ruling that subsidies paid to U.S. cotton farmers violate global trade rules. If the case goes against the United States, Congress would have to change the way it supports U.S. agriculture or face retaliation and the possibility of several new challenges to programs supporting farm income.
The farm bill, when passed by the Senate last week, landed with a plop, a cow patty on the meadow of responsible governance. Few observers of federal government found anything redeeming from the legislative largesses the bill bestow on already-wealthy "farmers. Because the farm bill isn't just about farms. It's also about nutrition policies and low-income assistance programs, like food stamps. Leading into the Senate's vote, there was a rallying cry from Maine to approve some form of the bill, to ensure more than 164,000 of us would have the means to afford food.
...Time and time again American farmers have been told the key to economic freedom and pro..., decried not using export enhancement programs, and called for further trade liberalization to ma... urges future farm programs to include an income support mechanism that includes an inventory manag...
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