CSPAN2 The Communicators February 4, 2014
Safe territory. It has been a long and bumpy road after failing in the house. Going through several interations but the major hurdle was passing the house last week. It seems fairly safe in the senate tomorrow. The stort of big changes is the ends the direct payments in which the government sent out 5 billion regardless of the weather or crop yield. It didnt prod farmers to plant any more of one kind of crop to get subsidies. But it wasnt politically poplar. They are beefing up the insurance for natural disasters. The other part of the bill is the funding for food stamps. They will ultimately ...