Opinion: Farm bill progress
If Congress can triumph over farm-state legislators' desires and overcome inertia to approve Lugar-Lautenberg bill, crop insurance would replace subsidies. It would save $20 billion over five years, and would funnel the savings to valuable soil, open space and wetlands preservation programs, as well as the food stamps program.
The New York Times 2007-11-03
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Index: corn, cotton, Democrat, Frank Lautenberg, Indiana, New Jersey, Republican, rice, Richard Lugar, soybeans, wheat