Posted on 10/11/2002 6:41:55 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:41:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and other Senate Democrats urged the GOP House leadership on Wednesday to provide disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers ravaged by drought and floods.
Daschle, D-S.D., was joined at a news conference by a half-dozen Senate Democrats from the Midwest, including three facing competitive re-election campaigns: Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, Tom Harkin of Iowa and Tim Johnson of South Dakota. All three stand to gain by delivering assistance to farmers and ranchers in their states.
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