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Roberts To Oppose Budget Deal

By Brian Hagen

10/27/2015

Repbulican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, of Kansas

(MSC News)--U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, says he will vote against the budget deal, which he says was negotiated behind closed doors between congressional leaders and President Obama.

The Kansas Republican, in a press release, says he's opposed to the deal because it “will undermine the number one risk management tool for farmers in America – crop insurance.”

In his announcement of opposition made Tuesday, Roberts says he will “continue to oppose any attempts to cut crop insurance funding or to change crop insurance program policies.”

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the proposed cuts to crop insurance in the deal would be more than $3 billion over 10 years. The deal also lifts the debt limit through March of 2017.

The deal must be approved by the House and it will then be considered by the Senate with a debate and a vote as early as Thursday.

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