U.S. Risk Brokers  House Vote and Crop Insurance 

The amendment by Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., would limit government help for crop insurance paid to wealthy farmers and limit the subsidies the government gives crop insurance companies.

The House bill, which would cut around $4 billion a year in overall spending on farm and nutrition programs, expands crop insurance programs and creates a new kind of crop insurance that kicks in before farmers' paid policies.

Kind and other Democrats say the bill should cut more from farm subsidies like crop insurance and less from food stamps, which would take a $2 billion hit in the bill. The House rejected a Democratic amendment Wednesday that would have eliminated the cuts to the $80 billion-a-year domestic food aid program.

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