Hill Heat: Farm Bill Update: Lugar-Lautenberg and Dorgan-Grassley Fail Cloture VotesScience Policy Legislation Actiontag:hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2007-12-13T09:53:46-05:00Brad Johnsonurn:uuid:e84884a1-71a1-468c-b6c4-d8d9d08204bb2007-12-13T09:27:00-05:002007-12-13T09:53:46-05:00Farm Bill Update: Lugar-Lautenberg and Dorgan-Grassley Fail Cloture Votes<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&session=1&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><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&session=1&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>