Vote Info:
This amendment would have restored $4.5 billion in cuts made to SNAP funding and increased the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program in schools by a third. It would have paid for these changes by reducing federal subsidies to insurance companies that sell federal crop insurance policies.
Date of vote: 6/19/2012
Session: Second Session
Bill Number: S.Amdt. 2156 to S. 3240
Roll Call: Senate No. 135
Good Food Vote: Yea
Failed: 33 - 66 
Sen. Daniel Akaka, Sr. (HI)
Sen. Lamar Alexander (TN)
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