Bill aims at helping farmers
NZPA-AFP Washington A United States SenateHouse of Representatives conference committee agreed at the week-end on a farm bill aimed at backing hard-pressed American farmers by providing $125 billion ($236 billion) in aid over three years. This included SUSS2 billion ($98.28 billion) for supporting the prices of mam crops. The President, Mr Ronald Reagan, had asked that the latter amount be cut back to SUSSO billion ($94.5 billion). The bill approved by the committee must now go
back to the two Houses of Congress, which are expected to approve it on Wednesday and send it to the President for signature. His approval is not certain because he remains determined io cut the enormous Federal Budget deficit, particularly by cuts in farm spending. The Republican Senate Majority Leader, Mr Robert Dole (Kansas) said: “The President has an opportunity now to cap this effort by signing the bill and sending a signal to the farmers of the nation that he is sensitive to their problems."
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Press, 16 December 1985, Page 6
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