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Farm subsidy data reveals who gets federal payments
USDA data links 358,000 beneficiaries to 9.8 billion in farm subsidies from 2003 to 2005. Texas billionaire Lee Bass and former NBA star Scottie Pippen among notable recipients. top beneficiary Maurice Wilder reports nearly 1.8 million. Lawmakers push caps and means tests amid calls for reform. Government entities also receive funds, highlighting broad distribution and debate over subsidy fairness.
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Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
USDA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tom Harkin
D-Iown
Congress
Bush Administration
Lee M. Bass
NBA
Scottie Pippen
Arkansas
Gerald Cassidy
Dorchester County
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Maurice Wilder
Clearwater
Fla
EWG
Wilder
Freedom of Information Act
House Agriculture Committee
Collin Peterson
D-Minn
Department of Correction
University of Ilinois
Illinois
James Bost
Arkansas Department of Correction
Bost
Charlie Stenholm
Stenholm