Hoyer 'Very Disappointed' That USDA Race Settlement Stripped
Saturday 31st of July 2010 01:39:19 AM
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| House Maj. Leader Steny Hoyer said todayvhe is 'very disappointed' that senators struck settlement funds for African-American farmers who faced discrimination from a supplemental spending bill his chamber passed earlier this year. The funds,the Pigford II settlement, are intended to compensate farmers for long-standing racial discrimination by USDA |
Senate Strips Funding For Legal Settlement To Black Farmers
Saturday 31st of July 2010 01:39:19 AM
Posted by admin / Under Bill Farmer
| http://colonel6.com/2010/07/26/senate-strips-funding-for-legal-settlement-to-black-farmers-from-war-bill/ |
Despite Sherrod Spotlight, Black Farmers Denied Justice
Saturday 31st of July 2010 01:39:19 AM
Posted by admin / Under Bill Farmer
| Black farmers, due $1.2 billion for a legacy of discrimination by the Agriculture Department, suffered a new and disheartening setback this week, despite the national spotlight provided by the quickly disavowed firing of a black department worker. The Senate refused again to pay the bill. |
More Reasons to Lift the Cuba Travel Ban
Saturday 31st of July 2010 01:39:19 AM
Posted by admin / Under Bill Farmer
| Interest groups of all sorts--big business, farmers, human-rights advocates, religious organizations, even many Cuban-Americans--have united to back a new congressional bill that would lift the travel ban and further loosen restrictions on U.S. agricultural sales to the island. Will hardline Cuban-Americans be able to defeat the bill? |
Wall Street reform law will limit excessive ag speculation
Saturday 31st of July 2010 01:39:19 AM
Posted by admin / Under Bill Farmer
| MINNEAPOLIS -- The Wall Street reform bill signed today by President Obama will severely restrict excessive speculation on agriculture commodity futures markets that has harmed U.S. farmers and countries battling hunger, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). |
Fox Non-Stop Smear Campaign against Sherrod Continues...
Saturday 31st of July 2010 01:39:19 AM
Posted by admin / Under Bill Farmer
| Bill O'Reilly has apologized to Shirley Sherrod for calling her a Racist and demanded that she resign from the USDA. But he and Laura Ingraham still thinks she's a bigot for criticizing Fox News and saying that the USDA continues to discriminate against rural black farmers - except a outstanding Class Action Suite says, They Do. |
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