date:Jun 21, 2012
burn's idea of lowering subsidies for farms above $750,000 in AGI. If you want to save a billion dollars, if you want to tackle the debt, here's a way to save a billion dollars and not put anybody at risk, Coburn said.
Earlier in the day, Durbin spoke against an amendment by Senator John Thune (R-SD) that would have delayed Coburn's amendment with a USDA study.
Coburn's reduction in subsidies would affect only 1,500 farmers out of 1.5 million, Durbin said. For those large farms, the USDA pre