date:Jun 14, 2012
By Wednesday afternoon, the Senate had considered and defeated just two amendments, one that would end the sugar program and another that would turn food stamps into state-run block grant programs.
In spite of the slow start, the committee's chairwoman, Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) sounded confident that Senate's leadership will find ways to eliminate amendments that have nothing to do with agriculture from more than 200 that have been written so far.
Stabenow said last week's procedural vote to mov