SENATE Key Vote Alert - Farm Bill
KEY VOTE ALERT
"NO" on the 2007 Farm Bill
The Club for Growth urges Members of the U.S. Senate to vote "NO" on the 2007 Farm Bill. This key vote will be included in our 2007 Congressional Scorecard.
The Farm Bill is short on genuine reform and long on wasteful programs, market distortions, and budget gimmicks.
The Farm Bill continues to throw taxpayer-funded subsidies at wealthy farmers, without any meaningful reform on income or subsidy caps. Through these subsidies and other program mechanisms, the Farm Bill distorts production, increases prices on consumers, and hinders opportunities for expanding free trade.
The Senate version also contains a $5 billion boondoggle disaster slush fund that will create an incentive for farm states to claim emergency funding regardless of need in order to grab their share of the pot.
Our Congressional Scorecard for the 110th Congress provides a comprehensive rating of how well or how poorly each member of Congress supports pro-growth, free-market policies and will be distributed to our members and to the public.
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