Ask John Boehner WHY
WHY is the “farm” bill 80 percent food stamps?
Heritage Foundation Amy Payne, Bio and Archives--June 13, 2013
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) said yesterday that he will support the bloated farm bill. But as Heritage has been highlighting, this bill does not do what most people think it does.
The nearly trillion-dollar bill actually doles out money to some surprising sources and frankly, it’s not very farm-related. As the House prepares to debate the bill next week, here are a few questions for Boehner and other Members of Congress: More...
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