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Senate recesses without passing ag approps bill

The Senate has recessed for a week…without passing the ag appropriations bill. Leadership had hoped to wrap-up the spending package before leaving town but after dealing with a dozen amendments and a vote invoking cloture at 1:40 Friday morning, hung-it-up for the day. They will take the bill up when they return to Washington on November 1st.

Only two of the twelve amendments they voted on passed, one would deny farm program payments to anyone with a gross annual income of $1 million or more. The other increases funding for the emergency conservation program and emergency watershed protection program.

Earlier this week, Senator John McCain withdrew his amendment which would have prevented any ag-related funds from being used for ethanol infrastructure. A McCain spokesman said it was withdrawn due to “timing issues”.

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