Pat Roberts

Pat Roberts

• Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

  The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year ... 

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  Senate panel approves massive farm bill

  The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for ... 

• Obama, GOP senators discuss issues over dinner

  Over a steak dinner, President Barack Obama dined with a dozen Republican senators at the White House on Wednesday evening in search of common ground ... 

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  Defense nominee Hagel lays out stand on Iran

  President Barack Obama's pick for defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, is meeting with senior Pentagon staff to try to set the record straight about his ...