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Article: Most farm subsidies left intact in Senate bill; The legislation is approved, leaving mixed opinions about how much reform it contains.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 15, 2007
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Byline: Kevin Diaz; Staff Writer
Washington, D.C. -- Rural Minnesota can expect a major new farm bill from Congress early in the new year - but not the full version reformers wanted that would have cut back large subsidies to wealthy growers, including several dozen in Minnesota.
The Senate on Friday approved a $286 billion bill shorn of several controversial provisions that would have scaled back the government's major agricultural subsidy programs. Among them was an amendment by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., that would have banned payments to farm households with incomes above $750,000 a year.
The 79-14 Senate vote sets the stage for ...