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White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill

The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday.
Reuters
added May 22, 2013 19:45
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Senate kicks off farm bill debate with crop insurance amendment

The Senate began debate today on a five-year farm bill (S.954) with an amendment being offered to end subsidized crop insurance for tobacco companies.
Agri-Pulse
added May 22, 2013 18:50
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FEINSTEIN, McCAIN: END TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES FOR TOBACCO INSURANCE

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John McCain (R-Arizona) today introduced an amendment to the Senate farm bill to eliminate taxpayer subsidized crop insurance for tobacco production. The amendment, which saves $333 million over the next decade, d
US Senator John McCain
added May 22, 2013 18:43
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Federal Government Funds $400G Smoke-Detecting Underwear Project

Smoke-detecting underwear is the latest federally-funded project commissioned to monitor peoples’ smoking habits for them. The project, which was overseen by the National Institute of Health and commissioned by scientists at the University of Alabama,
CBS Atlanta (CW69, WAOK, 92.9 The Game))
added May 21, 2013 13:22
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Budget Office Says Obama Plan Would Cut Deficit by $1 Trillion

His proposal also includes almost $1 trillion in tax increases, by further limiting the deductions and exclusions high-income families can claim, increasing taxes on tobacco and introducing the so-called Buffett Rule, a new minimum tax on income over $1 m
New York Times
added May 19, 2013 07:45
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Tulsa Governor Fallin: Use Tobacco Funds for Health Care

Governor Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans ... The federal government's decision came after Fallin re
AP - Associated Press
added May 18, 2013 11:42
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[Hungary] Quotable: Zoltán Cegledi on Fidesz and the tobacco-concession scandal

"There doesn't seem to be any chance that Fidesz will succeed in making people believe that the tobacco scandal was a sin committed by the left wing or the multinationals."
All Hungary Media Group (AHMG) (hu)
added May 17, 2013 10:47
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FDA seeks firm to launch Native American anti-tobacco effort

The US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products is seeking a firm to launch an anti-tobacco program targeting Native Americans. The selected firm will help the Center for Tobacco Products create a communications plan for working with Na
PR Week US
added May 16, 2013 14:27
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Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practice; Establishment of a Public Docket

Submit electronic or written comments on the tobacco companies' recommendations by May 20, 2013.
Regulations.gov
added May 15, 2013 17:36
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Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, et al - Citizen Petition

Regulations.gov
added May 15, 2013 17:32
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