S Amdt 1499 - Agricultural Aid Amendment - National Key Vote
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John Edwards voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this Amendment.
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- Senate Amendment Adopted
- Aug. 4, 1999
- Introduced
- Aug. 2, 1999
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Title: Agricultural Aid Amendment
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt an amendment that would provide $7.3 billion in financial assistance to farmers for fiscal year 2000.
Highlights:
- $500 million for disaster reserve fund.
- $400 million, at a minimum, for additional coverage under the Federal Crop Insurance fund for the 2000 crop year.
- $400 million for dairy farmers.
- $328 million for tobacco growers.
- Up to $200 million for livestock producers.
- $45 million for peanut farmers.
Title: Agricultural Aid Amendment
- Max S. Baucus (MT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeff Bingaman (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kent Conrad (ND - D) (Out Of Office)
- Byron L. Dorgan (ND - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Thomas 'Tom' Harkin (IA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson (SD - D) (Out Of Office)
- J. Robert 'Bob' Kerrey (NE - D) (Out Of Office)
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV (WV - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul S. Sarbanes (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul D. Wellstone (MN - D) (Out Of Office)