date:Jun 21, 2012
d the amendment would apply to crop insurance and conservation programs. The amendment failed by a vote of 15-84.
Amendments left off the list of 73 may have been just as important as the ones getting votes. Senate leadership had dropped an amendment that would have capped crop insurance premium subsidies at $40,000. But an amendment that's nearly as controversial to most farm groups, one sponsored by Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) will come up for a vote this week. It would