1. House Passes Temporary Livestock Disaster Relief Bill
With this vote, four previously expired disaster aid programs will be restored, giving aid mostly to livestock farmers and tree farmers, who are not protected by insurance that protects them from droughts like crop farmers. ... "The drought relief package that we are voting on I believe is sadly more about giving the Republican leadership relief when they go back to their districts in August than helping our nation's farmers, ranchers and dairymen." ... "We do not oppose passage of a disaster assistance bill, but note that almost identical provisions to retroactively extend these four p...
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