date:Jul 12, 2012
f the bill is more than $35 billion, which also includes $14 billion cut from the farm safety net.
Like the Senate bill, it repeals direct payments. Lucas has been a supporter in the past, but this year there are no sacred cows, he said.
It also cuts the conservation title. This is a title that has been close to my heart for a long time, he said. It saves $6 billion from that title, in part by consolidating 23 programs into 13.
Lucas said that families who qualify for food stamps under USDA's ru