date:Jun 02, 2012
ceeded a record $11 billion.
We were stunned when we went through these data, EWG president Ken Cook told reporters in a conference call Thursday.
Cook and others on the EWG staff say they believe that when members of Congress see the size of premium subsidies that some will be more likely to support amendments that would scale back spending on insurance subsidies, which have become the largest single USDA program benefiting crop producers.
The Senate is expected to vote on its version of a f