date:Sep 12, 2012
jority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and its minority leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), urging them not to approve a disaster bill passed by the House this summer. They want the Senate to keep the pressure on the House of Representatives to hold a vote on the farm bill that its ag committee has already passed.
Stabenow said the House disaster bill isn't adequate because their disaster bill does not help every farmer that's had a loss. It does nothing for fruit growers who had big losses this year fro