Derek Wallbank and Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg

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  Safety net scaled back as Senate passes agriculture bill

  By Derek Wallbank and Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg  |  June 11, 2013

  The U.S. Senate passed a $955 billion rewrite of agriculture law by an even larger margin than last year, sending it to the House of Representatives, where disagreements over food stamps and farm subsidies may complicate passage.