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Stabenow committed to farm bill
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said Sept. 20 that she will “do everything possible” to get a new farm bill finished in the lame duck session, despite House leadership’s unwillingness to bring the bill to the House floor.
Friday, September, 21, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Stabenow pushes sequestration package
Package would drop direct payments, avoid USDA cuts, fund rest of farm bill
Monday, February, 18, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Top priority bill
Stabenow committed to convening a mark up to produce updated farm bill.
Thursday, January, 24, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Farm bill gridlock
WASHINGTON — Negotiations between the Senate and House agriculture committees ground to a halt on Dec. 13.
Monday, December, 17, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Moving ahead
Stabenow says she is ready to proceed with a farm bill, without action from the House Agriculture Committee.
Monday, January, 14, 2013 - Agweek - News

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House, Senate agree to 1 year farm bill extension
WASHINGTON — The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in October, a move that could head off a possible doubling of milk prices next month.
Monday, December, 31, 2012 - Associated Press - News

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Senate Ag Committee chair tours N.D.
U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said that retiring Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is a close ally in the Senate and that she needs a fighter with a heart for public service — like Heidi Heitkamp — to replace him.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Focus on a farm bill
The Democratic-controlled Senate wants to make a small cut in food stamps, and Stabenow is likely to propose a cut of about $4 billion over 10 years, while the Republican-controlled House wants a much bigger cut.
Monday, May, 13, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Farm bill closer to inclusion in fiscal cliff legislation
Congress appears to be edging closer to including a farm bill in legislation to deal with the fiscal cliff.
Friday, December, 07, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Lawmakers plan to start drafting farm bill next week
Congress will begin writing a new, $500 billion farm law next week, the head of the Senate Agriculture Committee said on Tuesday, even as calls mounted for deeper cuts in farm subsidies and food stamp spending.
Tuesday, May, 07, 2013 - - News

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House sets date for farm bill markup
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., plans to mark up the farm bill on May 15, Agweek has learned.
Friday, April, 19, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Sequestration looms
Furlough dates will depend on labor agreements.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Sugar price collapse has USDA scrambling
Three key farm leaders in Congress said last week that they support continuing the current sugar program in the next farm bill even though for the first time in years the Agriculture Department is preparing to spend money to keep sugar prices up.
Monday, April, 15, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Senate to take up farm bill in May
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said he thinks farm programs have not put farmers on the land or even kept them there, but that crop insurance is important as a safety net.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Senate to take up farm bill in May
The House Ag Committee has scheduled a markup for May 15.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Senate debates farm bill
In a major victory for the sugar grower industry, the Senate voted against an amendment by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., to change the program. The vote was 45 in favor and 54 against.
Tuesday, May, 28, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Senate to take up farm bill June 10, passage likely
Prospects for passage are good since the Senate voted 75 to 22 on June 6 to invoke cloture, which means ending debate on the bill after 30 hours. All 53 Democrats voted for cloture, and the Republicans were split down the middle, with 22 voting for it and 22 against.
Friday, June, 07, 2013 - Agweek - News

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Senate passes farm bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a new farm bill on June 21, putting pressure on the House to pass a bill before the 2008 farm bill expires on Sept. 30.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - Agweek - News

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White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week.
Tuesday, May, 21, 2013 - Associated Press - News

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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps
The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill.
Tuesday, May, 21, 2013 - Associated Press - News

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