WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY) and Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY) introduced legislation (H.R. 4117) to eliminate all hauling costs for milk producers in an effort to protect dairy farmers from paying unfair fees to milk processors. Arcuri and Lee introduced this legislation to alleviate the financial crisis that many local, Western New York [...]

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Apparently for one U.S. Senate Democrat - $100 million.
ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reports:
What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?
Here’s a case study.
On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”
The section spends two pages [...]

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