Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D, MI]

Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...of the economic downturn, higher food prices and expanded eligibility under the 2009 economic stimulus law. Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, who heads the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, said Inhofe's plan would mean "d

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Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

MFB applauds Sen. Stabenow on farm bill approval

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...this week with approval by the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, chaired by Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow. Not an online subscriber yet? Sign Up Here Note: You must have cookies enabled to use subscription service Member Func

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Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

Proposal to let states control food stamp program rejected by Senate

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...the economic downturn, higher food prices and expanded eligibility under the 2009 economic stimulus law. Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, who heads the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, said Inhofe's plan would mean "deva

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Senate rejects bid to turn food stamp program over to states, cut spending

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

Bipartisanship push for 2013 farm bill in Senate

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...of bipartisanship will prevail and help win passage of the bill. Wicker saluted Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow and ranking member Sen. Thad Cochran for their work on moving the legislation, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Ac

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Senate debating federal dollars for crop insurance

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

..."It's a public private-insurance system that is frankly working very well," Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said on the Senate floor Monday. Not everyone in Congress wants to see the program expanded. Several senators a

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Farm bill beats back foes

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...triggered what appeared to be a tense confrontation on the floor between Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). Continue Reading Gillibrand had sought to replace an estimated $4.1 billion in food-stamp savings in the

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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...cut in its version of the farm bill in an effort to appease the House Republicans and also to end what its chairwoman, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said was a misuse of the program. The Senate bill would target states that give people who don't have h

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Ron Wyden Introduces Hemp Legalization Amendment To Farm Bill

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...federal laws against growing pot, and allowing for regulation by the states. Wyden told HuffPost he planned to talk to Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who is floor-managing the farm bill, about the provision. "For me, what's important is that people see

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White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...sensitive land. The Senate began debating the bill Monday afternoon, with Senate Agriculture Committee chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., saying she expects several amendments to be offered on the crop insurance program. Stabenow and other farm-state

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Congress likely to reduce food stamp funding in new farm bill

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...so it's likely that a final compromise will have to include food stamp cuts. Senate Agricultural Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., defended the reduction, which she said represents a tiny portion of the $700 billion food stamp funding over

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Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Push For Hemp Legalization In Senate Fight

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...but a jurisdictional spat broke out, as often does in the Senate. McConnell, a member of the committee, approached Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) last Monday night about inserting the provision, according to Senate aides, and was told that the Jud

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Federal bill could boost local farmers' sales, even as it trims food-stamps benefits

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...food stamps issue would make a difference in her vote. Senate Democratic leaders such as Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan have said they would not support the food stamp eligibility changes proposed by the House or the s

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Senate Fish Fight

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...the program is wasteful and duplicative. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., asked Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow to include language in the farm bill that’s due on the floor next week to kill the catfish inspections. “Th

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