{"id":521,"date":"2007-07-24T20:28:18","date_gmt":"2007-07-24T20:28:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-30T16:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T21:03:03","slug":"farm-bill-tuesday-call-congress-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2007\/07\/24\/farm-bill-tuesday-call-congress-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Bill Tuesday: Call Congress TODAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the<br \/>\n2007 Farm Bill <strong>this week<\/strong>, as early as <strong>Thursday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Farm Bill passed by the House Agriculture Committee is<br \/>\nnot just a continuation of the status quo, but takes our broken food and farm<br \/>\npolicy from bad to worse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">Call<br \/>\nyour representative today at 1-800-826-3688<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\"> <strong>and ask them to vote YES ON THE FAIRNESS AMENDMENT.<\/strong><br \/>\nOr go to <a href=\"http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pcusa\/dbq\/officials\/\">http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pcusa\/dbq\/officials\/<\/a><br \/>\nto find out who your representative is and how to contact him or her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">Tell<br \/>\nthe staff person who answers you are a constituent and you want your<br \/>\nrepresentative to support the <strong>Fairness<\/strong> <strong>in Farm and Food Policy<br \/>\nAmendment. <\/strong>You want a Farm Bill that shifts away from trade-distorting<br \/>\nsubsidies, caps payments at $250,000, and uses the savings to support rural<br \/>\ndevelopment, help minority and socially disadvantaged farmers, the environment,<br \/>\nand families that depend on food stamps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">With your help we can change our food and farm policy to<br \/>\nimprove the lives of thousands, both in the United States and around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the 2007 Farm Bill this week, as early as Thursday. 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