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Crop insurance juicy target in 'fiscal cliff' deal

December 15, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rural lawmakers worried that $9 billion in annual federal crop insurance subsidies are an easy target for spending cuts in any deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" are shopping around for a late compromise on a farm bill to protect them....

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