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Framing the farm bill : interests, ideology, and the Agricultural Act of 2014 / Christopher Bosso.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bosso, Christopher J. (Christopher John), 1956- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Agricultural Act of 2014.
United States.
Farm law--United States.
Farm law.
Agricultural laws and legislation--United States.
Agricultural laws and legislation.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017].
Summary:
The story of why all four members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas voted against passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014, known popularly as the Farm Bill, despite pleas by the state's agricultural leaders to support it.
Contents:
What's going on in Kansas
The food system : or, why governments don't leave agriculture to the marketplace
History is not bunk : how farm bills past shape farm bills present
Whatever it takes : farmers, food stamps, and coalitions of convenience
"Stop the spending" : budget politics and the "Secret" farm bill
Building a pathway to sixty : the Senate moves first
We're on the road to nowhere
SNAP
In conference
What just happened here? Finding meaning in the politics of the farm bill.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-7006-2421-X
OCLC:
973017666

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