House Panel Votes to Extend Controversial Farm Subsidies, Signaling Battle to Come
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Setting the stage for a contentious congressional debate over farm subsidies, a House panel voted unanimously yesterday to extend for five years the current system of payments to farmers and rejected a series of proposed changes.
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Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus says heÃ¢ÂÂs working on a package of spending offsets that could add billions of dollars to the farm billÃ¢ÂÂs bottom line Ã¢ÂÂ but with strings attached.
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The House on Tuesday approved a plan to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 14--You'd think the chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee would be up on environmental issues.
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A House-Senate conference committee Thursday agreed to legislation that will extend key components of the Bush tax cuts for up to six years.
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Republican House leaders expressed confidence Wednesday that they will be able to extend three of popular tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of this year.
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By GREG EDWARDS  Every few years, the gaze of Virginia farmers falls beyond the edges of their fields toward Washington, where lawmakers are crafting another farm bill.
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Expiring U.S. trade benefits for  Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia would be renewed through  the end of this year under a bill approved on Thursday by a  U.S. House of Representatives committee.
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WASHINGTON - The GOP-controlled House on Thursday refused to endorse a Senate proposal addressing the Sept. 11 commissionâs terror-fighting recommendations, pushing ahead with a bill that would increase
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Demand for ethanol for cars will attract enough support to lead to passage of a major farm bill next year, despite disagreement on subsidy payments for farmers, a key Democrat and the Republican agriculture secretary agreed Tuesday.
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Ending months of deadlock with the  White House, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday  gave final bipartisan approval to legislation that would  temporarily extend the state health insurance program that  covers about 6.6 million poor children.
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By SAM HANANEL and MARY CLARE JALONICK  WASHINGTON - From Texas billionaires to Washington lobbyists, it's no secret that wealthy people can get federal farm subsidies.
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The Democratic-led House of Representatives votes to pass an expanded child health bill, despite a renewed veto threat.
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Canada has taken the next step in its  challenge of U.S. farm subsidies to the World Trade  Organization, requesting on Friday that a dispute settlement  panel be established in the case.
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Defying a veto threat from President George W. Bush, the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to expand a health care program for children in low-income families and raise tobacco taxes to pay for it.
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The farm bill passed last month by the House doesn't go far enough in limiting which farmers should be eligible to receive government subsidies, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said.
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By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 26--Every few years, the gaze of Virginia farmers falls beyond the edges of their fields toward Washington, where lawmakers are crafting another farm bill.