EWG counts 32 lawmakers who received farm subsidies

Only a couple of members of Congress are known as active farmers — Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Jon Tester of Montana — but 32 current lawmakers have received farm subsidies, according to the Environmental Working Group database, which covers payments since 1995. The EWG says that Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California received the… » Read More

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