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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent reports that Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is organizing Democrats to vote against any farm bill that does not also include an extension of emergency unemployment benefits.

Awesome. Then they will join conservatives in the House who killed the bill last time because it is laden with pork.

4 posted on 12/15/2013 3:02:32 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

The Democrats may be miscalculating here as badly as they did with the Sequester.

The Democrats thought that they didn’t need to propose any “cuts” because Republicans wouldn’t dare allow Defense to be cut. Republicans decided that getting a real cut with the Sequester was worth cutting Defense.

Many conservatives, especially Tea Party conservatives, believe Farm subsidies are simply pork .. another version of crony capitalism... and want them cut. If the Democrats add another year of unemployment benefits to the Farm Bill, it actually gives Republicans the cover they need to kill the Farm subsidies.

“Please don’t throw me into that briar patch ...”


14 posted on 12/15/2013 9:45:27 AM PST by Mack the knife
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