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08-02-2001, 11:48 AM
And now we see the form that Jeffords' thirty pieces of silver has taken...
Daschle will help extend dairy deal in Jeffords' favor (http://www.washtimes.com/national/20010802-599219.htm)
By Dave Boyer
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who opposes dairy price supports, is backing a temporary extension of the program in the Northeast as a favor to Sen. James M. Jeffords of Vermont, whose defection from the GOP in June gave control of the Senate to Democrats.
A source close to Senate Democrats said Mr. Daschle told colleagues in a private luncheon Tuesday to muffle their criticism of the Northeast Dairy Compact after Mr. Jeffords made a plea for the program's extension.
"It was a big discussion at the Democratic luncheon," a Senate aide confirmed. "Jeffords stood up and said it's a big priority of his."
A threat by the White House to end the Northeast Dairy Compact was cited by some sources as contributing to Mr. Jeffords' decision to quit the Republican Party and become an independent who votes with Democrats on organizational matters. The price supports, federal subsidies designed to help dairy farmers earn income, expire on Sept. 30. Mr. Daschle, of South Dakota, said yesterday he is trying to work out a temporary extension for the program he opposes.
He said a temporary extension of the price controls is recognition of the dilemma Mr. Jeffords and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, "are now facing: the expiration of the compact at the end of September, and no real prospect that in September we're going to resolve all of the complex questions."
"In order for Senator Jeffords and the people of the Northeast to be protected until that issue has been resolved, it would make sense to me that at least a short-term bridge would allow all people to be held harmless," Mr. Daschle said. "We're not guaranteeing in fact, I would oppose permanent extension of the Northeast Dairy Compact. I would oppose expansion of the compact. But I certainly don't oppose the right to debate and consider what ought to be done and let the Senate work its will."
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Daschle will help extend dairy deal in Jeffords' favor (http://www.washtimes.com/national/20010802-599219.htm)
By Dave Boyer
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who opposes dairy price supports, is backing a temporary extension of the program in the Northeast as a favor to Sen. James M. Jeffords of Vermont, whose defection from the GOP in June gave control of the Senate to Democrats.
A source close to Senate Democrats said Mr. Daschle told colleagues in a private luncheon Tuesday to muffle their criticism of the Northeast Dairy Compact after Mr. Jeffords made a plea for the program's extension.
"It was a big discussion at the Democratic luncheon," a Senate aide confirmed. "Jeffords stood up and said it's a big priority of his."
A threat by the White House to end the Northeast Dairy Compact was cited by some sources as contributing to Mr. Jeffords' decision to quit the Republican Party and become an independent who votes with Democrats on organizational matters. The price supports, federal subsidies designed to help dairy farmers earn income, expire on Sept. 30. Mr. Daschle, of South Dakota, said yesterday he is trying to work out a temporary extension for the program he opposes.
He said a temporary extension of the price controls is recognition of the dilemma Mr. Jeffords and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, "are now facing: the expiration of the compact at the end of September, and no real prospect that in September we're going to resolve all of the complex questions."
"In order for Senator Jeffords and the people of the Northeast to be protected until that issue has been resolved, it would make sense to me that at least a short-term bridge would allow all people to be held harmless," Mr. Daschle said. "We're not guaranteeing in fact, I would oppose permanent extension of the Northeast Dairy Compact. I would oppose expansion of the compact. But I certainly don't oppose the right to debate and consider what ought to be done and let the Senate work its will."
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