date:Dec 27, 2012
legislation.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, told The New York Times earlier this month that farm legislation should be part of any deal to cut the deficit.
The Farm Bill is the only deficit reduction bill that passed the Senate this year, she said. It's only natural it should be part of a larger deficit reduction agreement.
But Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) told USA TODAY that Speaker of the House John Boehner has thrown cold water on the p