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Even though it does affect their constituents, we’d like to see Rappahannock’s representative Eric Cantor (R7th' get on board, and senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb take a leadership role in shepherding this legislation into law. ' While recognizing the importance of political maneuvering that a Republican representative would likely have to do in supporting the bill, foundation Federal Affairs Director Doug Siglin argues that the bill is as Republican as it can possibly be.
‘Right now, we have hundreds of millions of dollars going out the door, but there are no standards,” Siglin said. “What this bill is going to do is set federal standards and say to the states, ‘you figure it out yourself but you have to meet the federal standards.’
“Based on state rights and market forces, I can’t imagine a bill that is more Republican than that,” he said.
The second concern, Siglin said, “is with the farm constituency coming out to get them.”
The farm lobby is a little bit more difficult for our representatives to duck, Siglin suggested.
Farm Bureau and other ag lobbies wield considerable power on Capital Hill, and that’s usually good news for the declining number of people who still work the land.
The news isn’t so great, as is the case here, when the lobbyists are so completely out of touch with those on whose behalf they speak.
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