Lawmakers repel challenge to much-criticized sugar program
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May 18, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. sugar industry on Thursday won an easier-than-expected victory over food processors, soft drink manufacturers and candy makers trying to rewrite the government's much-criticized sugar program, a web of price supports, loans and tariffs that props up prices for the commodity.
In a decisive 278-137 vote, the House rejected a bid by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., to significantly weaken the program and invite more foreign competition.
The sugar program was one of the key battles in this year's farm bill, a five-year renewal of federal farm and nutrition policy that is agai...
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