Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell says the U-S House can’t afford to waituntil next month to pass a farm relief package. Boswell, a Democrat, saysfarmers need help before loan and rent payments come due in SeptemberBoswell is calling on the Speaker of the House to delay the August breakuntil a farm package is passed. Boswell says the Republicans’ seven-billiondollar farm aid package isn’t enough.Boswell says the 10-point-seven-billion dollar bill proposed by Iowa senatorTom Harkin, and rejected by the Senate, would’ve been a better package. Boswell, who’s a farmer from Davis City, says getting the aid processrolling is vital. Congress is scheduled to leave Washington Saturday and not return untilafter Labor Day.
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