by smw | Jun 25, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Yesterday when I wrote about the so-called “Farm Bill,” I noted that 80 percent of it was food stamp. I wrote:All good things, as farm bills go, but why on Earth would Republicans not insist the SNAP program be a separate bill and vote solely on farm...
by smw | Jun 22, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Just one day after Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson proposed a failed amendment to separate the Senate’s version of the farm bill into two separate measures–one for agricultural related policies and the other for food stamps and social programs–the...
by smw | Jun 21, 2012 | Agriculture, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Johnson (WI) today issued the following statement regarding the Senate vote on S. 3240:”The 2012 Food Stamp bill – more commonly known as the ‘2012 Farm Bill’ – will spend about $995 billion over the...
by smw | Jun 20, 2012 | Jobs and the Economy, Press Releases
Johnson Votes to Block New Regulation that Increases Electric Rates Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Johnson (WI) today voted to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing the proposed Utility MACT regulation. The regulation will have an...
by smw | Jun 20, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has introduced a motion to send the Agriculture, Reform, Food and Jobs Act back to committee and divide it into two separate bills to be considered in two separate votes.The move comes in part as a response to the fact that about...
