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Midlands Voices: Separate food stamps from farm bill
Old MacDonald may have a farm, but, E-I-E-I-Whoa, he is only one natural disaster away - flood, drought, tornado - from falling financially into the ditch. Comment?
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Sens. Johanns and Fischer Introduce Legislation to Create Commemorative Boys Town Coins
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U.S. Sens. Mike Johanns and Deb Fischer Wednesday introduced the Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act. Comment?
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Midlands Voices: Keep food stamps out of farm bill
Laura Carter, her husband, Caleb, and their five children were inside a closet. Then they heard a radio report to evacuate. 1 comment
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Midlands Voices: Kicking debt down the road irresponsible
Daub represented Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District in the House of Representatives from 1981-1989 and served as mayor of Omaha from 1995-2001. Hemphill is a senior at Hastings College and a member of the millennial organization The Can Kicks Back. Comment?
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Senators want to move forward with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac reform
A bipartisan group of senators want to largely eliminate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of an overhaul of the mortgage finance market. Comment?
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COOL Backers Point to Survey as New Label Rule Readied
As members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees seek to repeal mandatory country-of-origin labeling, backers tout a new survey from the Consumer Federation of America citing that 90% of Americans favor labeling the origin of meat. Comment?
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Farm Bill Irks Conservatives with Food Stamp Allocations
The House Committee on Agriculture passed a new five-year farm bill-the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013-this week just after the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry earlier approved its own version-the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013. Comment?
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U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns , a former Secretary of Agriculture, today voted against advancing out of committee a farm bill that relied on budget gimmicks and outdated policy. Comment?
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Senate Agriculture Committee Plows Forward on Farm Bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a five-year farm bill that reveals a new consensus on crop and nutrition policy, but it emerged over the objections of three Republican senators from the Plains-Pat Roberts of Kansas, Mike Johanns of Nebraska, and John Thune of South Dakota-who offered amendments on food stamps and commodities ... (more) Comment?
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Farm Bills Give Everyone a Chance to Squawk
Now that the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have passed their versions of the farm bill, it's time to cherry pick all the things people hate about the legislation. Comment?
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Senate panel OKs massive farm bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers. Comment?
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Senate panel approves massive farm bill
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The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers. Comment?
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Heineman Consults Former Governors Who Served In Senate
As he contemplates a bid for Senate, the GOP's top recruit - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman - is engaging some former governors who made the same transition. Comment?
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Senate panel approves massive farm bill The Senate Agriculture...
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Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. Comment?
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2 p.m. update: Farm bill has a little for everyone
The Senate Agriculture Committee today approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers. Comment?
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GSE reform must accommodate credit unions
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May 14, 2013 - NAFCU Executive Vice President of Government Affairs Dan Berger wrote the leaders of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment in advance of today's hearing on housing finance reform, to remind them that reform must allow credit unions access to the secondary mortgage market. Comment?
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Sen. Johanns Calls for Hearing on IRS Political Targeting
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Sen. Mike Johanns has sent a letter to Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski requesting that the committee hold a hearing concerning the recently revealed practices of the Internal Revenue Service targeting specific conservative groups. Comment?
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Johanns calls for IRS investigation
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U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns called for a Senate hearing Monday to look into Internal Revenue Service practices of targeting conservative groups for harassment when reviewing their tax documents. Comment?
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Big businesses and localities win online sales tax [Examiner, The (Wash., DC)]
Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) When do 21 Republican senators vote for higher taxes Answer: When the biggest businesses and local politicians hire top K Street lobbyists to push for the tax-hike legislation. Comment?
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As honeybee populations continue to die out, entomology expert weighs in on its effect
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... bcommittee on Financial Services'. Johanns questions officials from the Internal Revenue This week U.S. Senator Mike Johanns oversees his first hearing as the ranking member of the Senate Appropriates Subcommittee on Financial Services'. Comment?
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