Conference Members Named for Farm Bill
The Senate has announced their conferees to the conference committee on the Farm Bill.
Compiled by staff
Published: Feb 5, 2008
The long-awaited list of conferees that will iron out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill has partially been announced. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and ranking member Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., named the Senate's representation on the conference committee.
In addition to the ag committee leaders the conferees are Max Baucus, D-Mont., Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Richard Lugar, R-Ind., Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and Pat Roberts, R-Kan.
House conference members on the Farm Bill have not yet been announced.
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