http://www.mail.com/people/2892-debbie-stabenow.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2892-debbie-stabenow.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099480-senate-votes-to-small-cut-to-food-stamps.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are used by 1 in 7 Americans. The House and Senate have differed sharply on how much the domestic food aid should be cut, with... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099480-senate-votes-to-small-cut-to-food-stamps.html 2013-05-21T21:51:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2098798-white-house-farm-subsidy-cuts-needed.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week. The bill would cost almost $100 billion a year over five years and would set policy for farm programs and food aid. The legislation would cut about $2.4 billion annually from overall farm spe... Mon, 20 May 2013 22:14:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2098798-white-house-farm-subsidy-cuts-needed.html 2013-05-20T22:14:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089620-deep-divide-congress-domestic-food-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate Agriculture Committees laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink food aid and alter the way people qualify for it. The two chambers are far apart on how much the $80 billion-a-year program should be cut, however, reflecting a deep ide... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089620-deep-divide-congress-domestic-food-aid.html 2013-05-16T18:42:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2083754-senate-panel-approves-massive-farm-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers. The legislation approved 15-5 includes concessions to Southern rice and peanut farmers, thanks to a new top Republican on the committee, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran. The bill eliminat... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2083754-senate-panel-approves-massive-farm-bill.html 2013-05-14T20:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2072408-cuts-food-stamps.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's food stamp program, which helps feed 1 in every 7 America, was one of the few programs exempted from this year's automatic spending cuts. But now it is likely to get trimmed. Unresolved is by how much. The Democratic chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee is only willing to take roughly one-half of 1 percent, or ab... Wed, 08 May 2013 20:32:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2072408-cuts-food-stamps.html 2013-05-08T20:32:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2026912-obama-dines-talks-issues-with-senate-democrats.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama regrouped over dinner Wednesday with a dozen Democratic senators, attempting to press ahead on tenuous elements of his agenda after suffering a major setback on gun control. Emerging from a hotel blocks from the White House, two senators said they were not supposed to talk about what was discussed during the dinner... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:42:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2026912-obama-dines-talks-issues-with-senate-democrats.html 2013-04-18T02:42:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1998792-aid-groups-us-send-cash-food-abroad.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Food aid groups are urging the Obama administration to overhaul the way the United States helps starving people abroad. The White House will not say whether Obama's budget proposal, scheduled to come out next week, will seek to change the way foreign food aid is distributed. But food aid groups, farm groups and their allies in Congress a... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1998792-aid-groups-us-send-cash-food-abroad.html 2013-04-05T12:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941300-levins-retirement-gop-rare-shot-senate.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's decision not to seek another term gives Michigan Republicans the chance to prove they can win a Senate election, while Democrats are left scrambling to keep a seat that has not been closely contested since the Detroit Tigers last won the World Series in 1984. Levin's announcement is expected to spark a frenzy o... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:36:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941300-levins-retirement-gop-rare-shot-senate.html 2013-03-08T23:36:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1926012-farm-bill-would-save-than-thought.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Farm bills passed by the Senate and a House committee last year would save far less money than previously thought, according to a new estimate released Friday. A report from the Congressional Budget Office says a Senate-passed farm bill would save $1.3 billion annually, as opposed to the $2.3 billion per year in savings estimated last ye... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:08:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1926012-farm-bill-would-save-than-thought.html 2013-03-01T23:08:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903132-us-lawmakers-meet-with-jailed-american-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers confirmed on Wednesday that they visited an American man whose detention and long sentence in Cuba has hampered efforts to improve ties between the countries, but they gave no details on his condition or what was said. The seven-member delegation led by Sen. Patrick Leahy also met with Cuban President Raul Castro and other sen... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:29:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903132-us-lawmakers-meet-with-jailed-american-cuba.html 2013-02-20T15:29:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899226-us-lawmakers-visit-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — A delegation of American lawmakers led by Sen. Patrick Leahy arrived in Cuba on Monday to gauge the island's economic changes and stress the importance of freeing a jailed American whose detention has chilled relations between the two countries. The trip, which included five senators, was the first to the Communist-run island by high-level U... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:08:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899226-us-lawmakers-visit-cuba.html 2013-02-18T21:08:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1798584-farm-bill-extension-evidence-lost-clout.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A patchwork extension of federal farm programs passed as part of a larger "fiscal cliff" bill keeps the price of milk from rising but doesn't include many of the goodies that farm-state lawmakers are used to getting for their rural districts. House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders who spent more than a year working on a half-tril... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1798584-farm-bill-extension-evidence-lost-clout.html 2013-01-04T01:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1792858-deal-will-prevent-spike-milk-prices.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A potential doubling of milk prices will be averted as part of the compromise that White House and congressional bargainers reached on wide-ranging legislation to avert the "fiscal cliff," a leading senator said late Monday. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told reporters that negotiators had agreed to ex... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1792858-deal-will-prevent-spike-milk-prices.html 2013-01-01T04:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1792374-deal-reached-stopping-spike-milk-prices.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in October, a move that could head off a possible doubling of milk prices next month. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., indicated the House could vote on the b... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1792374-deal-reached-stopping-spike-milk-prices.html 2012-12-31T01:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1768176-crop-insurance-juicy-target-fiscal-cliff-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Rural lawmakers worry that $9 billion in annual federal crop insurance subsidies are an easy target for spending cuts in a "fiscal cliff" deal so they're shopping around for a late compromise on a farm bill to protect them. The chairmen of the House and Senate Agriculture committees already were set to make a sizable contribution to defi... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1768176-crop-insurance-juicy-target-fiscal-cliff-deal.html 2012-12-15T14:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1746462-ag-chair-shes-open-to-food-stamp-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee says she is willing to consider higher cuts to the food stamp program in an effort to include a massive five-year farm bill in negotiations on the so-called fiscal cliff. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said that cuts to the food stamp program beyond the $4 billion over 10 year... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1746462-ag-chair-shes-open-to-food-stamp-cuts.html 2012-12-05T22:57:00Z