On Tue, 6 Feb 1996 hn3897@handsnet.org wrote:
> To: Groups and Individuals supporting sustainable agriculture
> From: Julie Burns, Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
> Date: Feb. 6, 1996
>
> The House has recessed, but the Senate is working on a number of compromise
> Farm Bill provisions which support sustainable agriculture. Thursday's
> cloture vote on Leahy-Dole-Lugar-Craig based on the Freedom to Farm bill
> was postponed until this afternoon. This vote may not occur if there is
> broad support for the Daschle-Dole agreement. It is vital that action be
> taken before today's vote. We basically want to STOP Leahy-Dole-Lugar-Craig
> and SUPPORT Dole-Daschle compromise. The Dole-Daschle compromise contains
> many of the proposals the Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture has been
> promoting, and is a big improvement over Freedom to Farm.
>
> PLEASE CALL OR FAX YOUR SENATOR TODAY, 2/6 and convey these messages:
>
> 1. SUPPORT THE DASCHLE-DOLE AGREEMENT, which:
> - Creates the Fund for Rural America with $300 million for conservation
> programs, rural development programs, (beginning and minority farmer and
> value-added marketing programs, and research programs to increase
> opportunity in farming and environmental quality
> - Authorizes new enrollments in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
> - Extends commodity programs for 3 years, with payments partially
> guaranteed and partially based on market and production conditions
>
> 2. SUPPORT SEN. DASCHLE'S AMENDMENT that:
> - Reduces eligible herd size limit so that hog and cattle farmers (not the
> corporate livestock industry) can receive money for pollution prevention
> through the EQIP program.
> - Retains conservation compliance, swampbuster and sodbuster, eliminates
> proposed weakening of enforcement.
>
> 3. OPPOSE "CLOTURE" (shut off of debate) on Leahy-Dole-Lugar-Craig
> proposal.
> - This compromise is based on Freedom to Farm bill. We do not want cloture
> because that would prevent introduction of other compromise bill by
> Dole-Daschle and other amendments.
>
> Senate Switchboard: 202-224-3121
>
>
> Julie Burns
> Southern SAWG/Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
> hn3897@handsnet.org
> 12 Laurel Ave. Asheville, NC 28804
> (704) 255-8376 phone
> (704) 254-1937 fax
>
> Sent: February 6, 1996 6:11 am PST Item: R00LKRp
>
>