This is a class blog for the students of POLSCI 426: Congressional Politics at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Farm Bill

According to the Journal Sentinel, apparently the Farm Bill is merely another bill that looks like it will fix something, but has no real improvements. Apparently other members of Congress who represented the big growers of commodities such as corn, wheat, and sugar. So it looks like this bill that promised to help poor farmers and end the privileges to big ones will mostly promote the status quo. Oh, and it allegedly does nothing about the high cost of grain due to the ethanol craze. So more of the same: poor eating habits, the high cost of food, and small family farms will feel the pain.