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Senator Debbie Stabenow discusses the Farm Bill, Michigan politics

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A new five-year Farm Bill is making its way to a vote in the U.S. Senate.  This is the second time in a year that the legislation has cleared the Senate.  Michigan Democratic Sen. DebbieStabenow, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, says the House has promised to take up the bill in mid-June.  

Among the changes, the new bill would do away with crop subsidies farmers have relied on since the Great Depression, replacing it with a strong crop insurance program. Sen. Stabenow talks about the Farm Bill and its potential effects, as well as other news in Michigan politics.

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