date:Jun 21, 2012
n a conference committee, where controversial proposals often die.
Still, the Senate rejected its own ag committee leadership's opposition to the Durbin-Coburn amendment by a vote of 66 to 33.
Coburn said his amendment was not as severe as an option studied by the Government Accountability Office that would have capped crop insurance premium subsidies for all farmers at $40,000.
TACKLING THE DEBT
That proposal didn't come up for a vote in the Senate. Instead, on Wednesday it considered Co