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Archive Home > 2007 > December > 14 > Timber payments dead again – for now

Timber payments dead again – for now

Dems cut program to pass energy bill; Oregon delegation vows to try again

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
December 14, 2007

WASHINGTON — Another effort to save federal subsidies for rural counties and schools went for naught Thursday evening, after U.S. Senate leaders cut a four-year extension of the program from a package of new energy laws.

Oregon legislators attached about $1.9 billion for county....

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