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Farm Bill 2007-2008 and California

New Fact Sheet Available: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities State-by State Analysis of Nutrition Provisions http://www.cbpp.org/5-8-08fa.htm

Farm Bill Snafu! Due to a paperwork error, the Farm Bill has to go through the process of being voted on, vetoed and overridden again. But don't worry, this is simply offers us another opportunity to thank our members again for doing the right thing and voting in favor of the bill. Here are some ideas of how to do that.

• Write a thank you letter
• Send a thank you sign-on from the groups who have sent sign-ons in the past;
• Write a letter to the editor of your local paper acknowledging the member’s work;
• Have a food stamp participant write a thank you letter explaining how this will help them;
• Issue a press statement on the benefits of the nutrition title and mention the member’s contribution;
• Include an acknowledgement in newsletter articles on the nutrition title of the Farm Bill;
• Ask your member to write an article for your newsletter (with help from you!);
• If you or any partner group has an annual dinner, fundraiser, or other event invite the member and offer to honor them in some way (give an award, include acknowledgement in press materials, highlight the Member’s contribution in written materials) and invite the press; or
• Invite the member to visit an emergency food site to receive an award or other recognition of their work on the Farm Bill (invite press, of course).

May 16, 2008 Senate passes Farm Bill Conference Report by an overwhelming margin of 81 to 15.
Both California Senators, Boxer and Feinstein, voted Yay for the bill.

May 14, 2008 Farm Bill overwhelmingly passes the House with a vote of 318 to 106.
Click here for a list of how Members voted: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll315.xml

FRAC has listed statements from legislators - go here to see them: http://www.frac.org/farmbill_statements_may2008.htm

Click here to see a copy of CAFB's statement

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