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The Farm Bill, and America's food supply.

Hello again, I'm Aronaldi, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The Farm Bill gives taxpayer support to a huge range of Americans from the poor who survive on

food stamps to wealthy farmers insured against losses. New versions have passed roughly every

five years on a bipartisan basis, but the latest effort is more evidence there is no bipartisanship

anymore. Republicans in the House, Democrats in

the Senate have passed different versions, and compromise may fall victim to competing interests

and ideologies. If there's no agreement, farm policy could revert back to 1938, driving an

increase in the price of some foods. Today's talking point, same-sex marriage goes back to Hawaii

where it began. First, here's the news. Listen to KCRW's 24-hour all-news channel, stream BBC World

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Hello again, Mormon, I'll be back with To the Point. At a cost of $100 billion taxpayer dollars a year,

the Farm Bill pays for controversial policies, including food stamps and subsidies to big agribusiness. Now it's expired. And compromise

on a new one is stalled bipartisanship. We'll hear about Republican and Democratic versions and what

might happen if no bill passes at all. Today's talking point, the Supreme Court of Hawaii

ruled in favor of same-sex marriage 20 years ago, but it won't be legal there until today.

We'll find out why. First, this news update. The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments

foreign against a strategy used recently by unions to successfully organize workers. It's called a

neutrality agreement, and the

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