Hawaii Senators Vote ‘Nay’ on Closing USDA Loopholes for Millionaires
Dan Inouye and Dan Akaka voted on the losing side of a 63-36 vote in the U.S. Senate Wednesday (June 20) on an amendment ”closing a loophole allowing the United States Department of Agriculture to give conservation payments to millionaires.”
Here is a report from The Hill on the vote. No Republicans opposed it, and nearly every Democrat did.
In other Senate news, Hawaii’s senators voted with the majority to continue giving food aid to North Korea, and against a failed Republican effort to stop the aid.
—Chad Blair
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