date:Jun 16, 2012
US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a bipartisan bill in the Senate last January, co-sponsored by Mark Kirk (R-IL), which was intended to phase out the sugar support program, claiming sugar prices are artificially high and cost American jobs.
Despite the Senates rejection of the amendment, the Coalition for Sugar Reform which represents the interests of sugar users, including confectioners said the close vote was heartening. The last time the Senate voted on sugar reform, it voted 71-