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To: thames_sider who wrote (14238)	5/24/2001 12:33:59 PM
From: Win Smith	of 82486

TS, going back a week, there's a little more background that's a bit more specific. Senator's Defection May Doom Milk Bill nytimes.com James M. Jeffords, the longtime Republican senator from Vermont, recently discovered how risky it is to defy the White House. The administration has hinted that because he refused to support the president's spending and tax-cutting package at a crucial moment it may derail one of the senator's most cherished pieces of legislation, a measure to assist some dairy farmers, including those in his state. The standoff shows just how much is at stake for the new administration as it attempts to establish its authority here at a time when it needs every Republican vote in an evenly divided Senate. Milk subsidies in the US are a mess, as are agricultural subsidies in general, here and throughout the world. I come from a state that has traditionally gotten the short end of the stick on dairy subsidies, in a very explicit and strange manner, so I can't really say I'd support Jeffords on this one anyway. Still, it sort of look like W's handlers picked the wrong guy to play hardball with.

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