Senate panel approves changes to dairy insurance program in spending bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee passed two of 12 spending bills Thursday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel rejected several major spending cuts President Donald Trump’s administration proposed to agricultural and rural development programs, as two key appropriations bills advanced Thursday.
One of the two money bills that passed the Senate Appropriations Committee also includes policy tweaks to a dairy farm insurance program.
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