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Senate passes 2012 farm bill

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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Senate on June 21 completed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that cuts farm subsidies and land conservation spending by about $2 billion a year. The bipartisan vote was 64-35 for passage.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called it "one of the finest moments in the Senate in recent times in terms of how you pass a bill."

However, the bipartisanship seen in the Senate may be less evident in the House, where conservatives are certain to resist the bill's costs, particularly for food stamps. Food stamp spending has. . .

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