51. Has Congress gone after farm support subsidies? 52. He points out that federal farm subsidies and loans become more complicated when multiple minority owners are involved. 53. He would finance the cost of making health care more accessible by reducing farm subsidies and foreign aid and by eliminating unemployment benefits for illegal aliens. 54. He said in an interview that farm subsidies were justifiably seen as a test of Republican resolve. 55. It also has the backing of environmental advocates and steers clear of international trade rules against farm subsidies. 56. It promised to reform a system of federal farm subsidies that had grown larger, more complicated and less equitable with every passing farm bill. 57. It used a similar device in the debate earlier this year over farm subsidies by creating a Web site that allowed users to see who received the money. 58. It takes aim at the longstanding political argument for farm subsidies, which is that they help keep family farms alive. 59. Legislators who ordinarily view the farm bill merely as a test of party loyalty have begun to examine seriously the effects of farm subsidies. 60. Lugar called last winter for deep annual cuts over five years in farm subsidies, the prices that the federal government guarantees farmers for their crops. |