{"id":491,"date":"2007-11-05T19:35:44","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-30T15:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T20:59:34","slug":"farm-bill-on-senate-floor-call-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2007\/11\/05\/farm-bill-on-senate-floor-call-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Bill on Senate Floor: Call Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Farm Bill comes to the Senate floor today. Debate is scheduled for two weeks.
\nHowever, important reform amendments to Title 1, home of subsidies to farmers
\nof the \u201cbig five\u201d commodities (corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, and cotton) are
\nexpected to be voted on Tuesday, November 6.<\/p>\n

The 2007 Farm Bill reauthorization must enact meaningful reform of this
\nbroken system that fails those people who need the most support, both at home
\nand abroad. An important first step would be to enact meaningful “payment
\nlimits,” such as those proposed by Senators Dorgan (D-ND) and Grassley
\n(R-IA). Currently, large industrial farms can receive commodity farm subsidies,
\nmounting in the millions of dollars. The Dorgan-Grassley proposal would limit
\nthe annual amount of commodity payments to $250,000 per farm. This payment
\nlimit would promote equity and work toward leveling the playing field among
\nfarms of all sizes.<\/p>\n

Your voice is needed to compel the Senate to make meaningful changes in
\ncurrent farm policies. Over the summer, the House of Representatives passed a
\nbill that largely continues the current system and fails to enact payment limit
\nreform that is strong enough to be effective. The burden for passing fair farm
\npolicies falls now to the Senate.<\/p>\n

Join other people of faith in advocating for a Farm Bill that is fair to
\nsmall and mid-sized farmers in the US, enacts meaningful payment limits,
\nredefines U.S. agricultural priorities to put emphases on supporting nutrition,
\nconservation, rural development and food aid programs, and does not hurt poor
\nfarmers struggling to make a living around the world.<\/p>\n

Go to http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pcusa\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=10510651<\/a>
\nand urge your Senators to vote YES on the Dorgan-Grassley Amendment.<\/p>\n

Wait, you\u2019re not done! Go to http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pcusa\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=10511626<\/a>
\nand urge your Senators to combat hunger in the U.S. and around the world by
\nvoting YES on amendments increase funding to vital nutrition programs *and<\/strong>*
\nto protect a pilot program for international food aid to be purchased locally.<\/p>\n

Keep coming back to foodandfaithblog.org<\/a>, we plan another alert or two as the debate
\nshifts to other titles and issues in this $286 billion piece of legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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