http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2007/12/13/farm-bill-update-lugar-lautenberg-and-dorgan-grassley-fail-cloture-votes en-us 40 Science Policy Legislation Action <p>Two of the major farm bill (HR 2419/S 2302) amendments <a href="http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2007/12/10/jimmy-carter-supports-farm-bill-reform-amendments">supported by reform advocates</a>, the Lugar-Lautenberg subsidy overhaul (S 2228) and Dorgan-Grassley subsidy cap (S 1486), have both failed to achieve the sixty votes necessary to overcome Republican filibusters.</p> <p>On Tuesday, Lugar-Lautenberg was soundly rejected by a <a href="http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&#38;session=1&#38;vote=00417">vote of 37-58</a> (the five presidential candidates in the Senate did not vote).</p> <p>This morning, the cloture vote to end debate on Dorgan-Grassley narrowly failed by a vote of 56-43.</p> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:27:00 -0600 urn:uuid:e84884a1-71a1-468c-b6c4-d8d9d08204bb The Cunctator http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2007/12/13/farm-bill-update-lugar-lautenberg-and-dorgan-grassley-fail-cloture-votes Legislation Dorgan-Grassley farm bill HR 2419 Lugar-Lautenberg S 2228 S 2302 S 1486 http://www.hillheat.com/articles/trackback/1760