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Leaders of the cotton and rice producer groups have balked at stricter payment limitations, calling them an attack on their way of life because the cost of production per acre is higher for their crops. Also, as the person who often tries to bring state and national Farm Bureau members together, he knows there are big regional differences in perspective. Until it is finalized, they are hesitant to agree to a farm bill that cuts commodity payments, even though they might support that idea...

Like House legislation that passed in July, the Senate measure would largely continue price supports for commodity crops such as cotton, peanuts and rice that drive the region's agriculture economy. It was installed yesterday during a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk and will serve as a docking port for European and Japanese laboratories during future missions. Opponents say the $280 billion measure benefits wealthy farmers and should devote more to conservation programs, reducing the federal...

A week ago, I'd have put White House counselor Dan Bartlett on the list, but the timing of his announced departure on June 2 strikes me as ever-so-slightly disloyal, because it invited the Washington Post to insinuate (falsely, I suspect) that Bartlett's exit was linked to Bush's "sagging public approval ratings. A separate Post piece, by Dan Balz, published the same day, pronounced Bush the "unexpected loser" in the June 5 Republican debate, noting that "on issue after issue" the...

European Union foreign ministers will warn Iran next week that it faces tougher sanctions unless it halts activities the West suspects are aimed at making atomic bombs, diplomats said. nuclear inspectors to try to clear up questions about its atomic program yields results and to await a report by Solana. The meeting is part of a round of initiatives seeking to end the long-running crisis over Iran's nuclear program. Any copying, republication, or redistribution of Reuters content,...