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Article: Farm Votes in Senate Dog Bradley in Iowa
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 16, 2000
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Bill Bradley missed a Senate vote on a measure that would have
provided protections for Iowa farmers because he was on tour
promoting his autobiography, according to documents provided by
Democratic sources.
And Bradley's campaign, anticipating an attack from Vice President
Gore, disclosed yesterday that Bradley had accepted $900 in federal
subsidy payments for his farm in Missouri after voting against the
program.
The revelations could add to Bradley's misery in the week before
the Jan. 24 Iowa caucuses, a contest that once had held the promise
of a dramatic upset but now seems to be becoming a higher hurdle for
Bradley with each passing day.
Bradley had always known that agriculture would ...