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National Public Radio: Costly subsidies for homegrown fuel won a vote of confidence Tuesday on Capitol Hill. In a key test vote, the Senate blocked a measure that would have immediately ended both federal subsidies and protective tariffs for corn-based ethanol fuel.
The outcome showed the continued clout of farm states. But it also showed that most Senate Republicans are willing to get rid of at least one tax break.
Where senators stand on ethanol tax subsidies often has more to do with which state they're from than......
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Ethanol subsidies survive Senate vote, splinter GOP
Posted by National Public Radio: David Welna on June 15th, 2011
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