By Erik Wasson – The Hill – August 1, 2012

With the House set to vote on a drought assistance bill on Thursday, environmental and farm lobbyists are weighing in with criticism. The drought bill is coming up after House leaders put off action on a larger farm policy overhaul or a one year extension of existing farm law. For full blog post, click here. For a related article, see: Drought bill offers livestock farmers up to $100,000 each, click here.