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**FILE** Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., right, are intercepted by reporters after negotigations on the Farm Bill wrapped up on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. At far right is the House Agriculture Committee Ranking Democrat Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn. There is agreement on many parts of the legislation but significant differences remain over funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as food stamps. (Associated Press)

Farm bill negotiators disagree on one-month extension

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (center), North Dakota Democrat, arrives to join other lawmakers and national security officials on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, for a closed-door briefing on the situation in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers have not tightened travel belts, fly in the face of budget rhetoric

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

**FILE** Stacks of paperwork await members of the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. (Associated Press)

House rejection of farm bill sows bad seeds for Boehner

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, negotiated a deal with Rep. Frank D. Lucas to extend the 2008 “farm bill,” but the proposal was piggybacked onto the stalled “fiscal cliff” measure. (Associated Press)

Farm bill to block price hikes snagged in ‘fiscal cliff’ discussion

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee praise the bipartisan passage of the Farm Bill at the Capitol in Washington on June 21, 2012. From left are Sens. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican, Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, John Hoeven (rear), North Dakota Republican, and committee chair Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat. (Associated Press)

House GOP seen blocking farm measure

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat

Spending cuts trump farm subsidies for many voters

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press