date:Jun 07, 2012
Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, who ranks 2nd in Democratic leadership in the Senate, promised Wednesday that he and Senator Tom Coburn, a Republican deficit hawk from Oklahoma, will offer an amendment to the bill to reduce spending on crop insurance premiums for large farms.
In our opinion, it is not unreasonable to ask the largest, wealthiest farmers in America to pay a little more for their crop insurance, said Durbin. He noted that federal spending on crop insurance premiums has risen in r