And many other amendments that came from folks would never had an amendment brought up and discussed, those amendments were discussed in the farm bill. I would say that probably of the 73 that were considered, there were 300 offered and people would get up, they would have their say. They discuss the amendment. They knew probably it would not pass, and they would withdraw it. But they at least had the opportunity to represent their states and their constituents, and we had that opportunity. This years farm bill, was in 73 a maintenance. Voted about 10 times. Senator thune, respected member of the Agriculture Committee, senator johanns, former secretary of agriculture, senator grassley and myself, we all had a total of about 12 amendments. We withdrew those from consideration from the Committee Markup and said well take them up on the floor. Except the majority leader cut it off saying, timeout, no more. None of us got those amendments. As a former chairman of the Agriculture Committee
Stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a new political storm is breaking in baghdad. Efforts to form a government ran into strong opposition today from the sitting Prime Minister and that in turn, prompted new warnings from washington. It all followed an announcement that raised hopes for change. After months of political deadlock in iraq, a potential breakthrough today. The new president fouad massoum, a kurd, tapped Deputy Parliament speaker haider alabadi, a shiite, to form a government and become Prime Minister. Abadi, who belongs to the same party
Stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a new political storm is breaking in baghdad. Efforts to form a government ran into strong opposition today from the sitting Prime Minister and that in turn, prompted new warnings from washington. It all followed an announcement that raised hopes for change. After months of political deadlock in iraq, a potential breakthrough today. The new president fouad massoum, a kurd, tapped Deputy Parliament speaker haider alabadi, a shiite, to form a government and become Prime Minister. Abadi, who belongs to the same party
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a new political storm is breaking in baghdad. Efforts to form a government ran into strong opposition today from the sitting Prime Minister and that in turn, prompted new warnings from washington. It all followed an announcement that raised hopes for change. After months of political deadlock in iraq, a potential breakthrough today. The new president fouad massoum, a kurd, tapped Deputy Parliament speaker haider alabadi, a shiite, to form a government and become Prime Minister. Abadi, whbelongs to the same party as current Prime Minister nouri amaliki, quickly c