Tentative deal reached on farm bill
From Times Wire Reports
Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement on a multibillion-dollar farm bill that includes a hefty increase for nutrition programs at a time of rising food prices.
An intense series of closed-door bargaining sessions over how to pay for the five-year, roughly $280-billion bill ended with senior Democrats expressing optimism that they would soon be sending the measure to President Bush.
The measure includes an $861-million increase for nutrition programs.
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