Senators ask for &#36;6 billion in farm aid
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Farm-state senators are increasing their request for drought relief dollars by half, saying the nation's farmers now need an estimated $6 billion or more in assistance.
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Republicans whisked a &#36;388 billion spending bill through Congress on Saturday, a mammoth measure that underscores the dominance of deficit politics by curbing dollars for everything from education to environmental cleanups.
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Senators on Thursday urged President Bush' pick for agriculture secretary to work with farm-state lawmakers on the five-year farm bill that has stalled in talks between Congress and the administration.
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President Bush plans to ask Congress on Monday to rush about &#36;2.5 billion in additional aid to hurricane-battered Florida, administration officials said on Friday.
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President Bush is expected to ask Congress as early as Monday for at least another &#36;3 billion to help cover the cost of Florida's pummeling by hurricanes, congressional aides said Friday.
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State agricultural officials on Friday raised the estimated losses from Hurricanes Charley and Frances to more than &#36;2 billion, or more than 30 percent of Florida's &#36;6.4 billion in annual crop cash receipts.
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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 White House asked Congress on Monday to approve &#36;2 billion in emergency funding for hurricane-battered Florida and said President Bush would visit the election battleground state on Wednesday.
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Regrouping after heavy election losses, the Democrats' Senate fund-raising operation has paid nearly &#36;4 million in debts and recruited senators to raise money, enlist candidates and develop strategy for 2006.
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The government promised nearly $800 million in aid Tuesday to ranchers and farmers stricken by a near-record drought.
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Forty-three senators are urging President Bush to budget for increased food aid to help victims of last month's tsunami in South Asia.
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There are more people giving &#36;1 million or more to partisan political groups now than before Congress passed a law aimed at taking seven-figure contributions out of elections, new figures show.
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A U.S. House of Representatives  committee approved a bill on Tuesday to boost food aid for the  world&#39;s poor, adding a $600-million minimum for long-term  hunger programs lawmakers say are needed to prevent future  famines.
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The House voted Monday to protect aid to farmers who convert to environmentally sound practices. The measure, now on its way to President Bush, would block the Agriculture Department from tapping some of the funding for administrative expenses. The USDA's use of program money for overhead costs farmers about &#36;150 million a year that could help them learn farming methods that protect air, water and wildlife, said Environmental Defense spokesman Scott Faber.
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By John Holland, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 21--Well-placed federal money could help San Joaquin Valley farmers provide food while caring for the land, speakers told two congressmen Tuesday.
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Federal regulators could collect more than $200 million a year in import fees under legislation introduced yesterday by a senior Senate Democrat that aims to strengthen oversight of food brought into the country.
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The Agriculture Department offered &#36;2 million Thursday to help private land owners in four Western states protect the habitat of the sage grouse.