Nicola Twilley
Author of Edible Geography; former Food Editor
Senator Coburn has introduced legislation to eliminate secret earmarks from the federal budget, including removing an ethanol tax credit that would save $6 billion in taxpayer money.
Eliminating Ethanol Tax Credits
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