Thursday, Dick Durbin's amendment to the Farm Bill passed, miraculously,  at : 59-33.

The amendment is meant "to limit the amount of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on behalf of any person or legal entity with an average adjusted gross income in excess of $750,000,
First, a list of senators who voted against limiting these giveaways to wealthy farmers, wealthy fake-farmers and big Agribusiness. Most of the names on this list are pushing the imbecilic European Austerity agenda sponsored by Paul Ryan, who want to protect government subsidies for the richat all costs.

     • John Barrasso (R-WY)
    • Max Baucus (D-MT)
    • Roy Blunt (R-MO)
    • John Boozman (R-AR)
    • Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
    • Thad Cochran (R-MS)
    • Mo Cowan (D-MA)
    • Mike Crapo (R-ID)
    • Joe Donnelly (D-IN)
    • Mike Enzi (R-WY)
    • Nan Fischer (R-NE)
    • Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
    • Kay Hagan (D-NC)
    • Tim Harkin (D-IA)
    • Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
    • Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
    • John Hoeven (R-ND)
    • Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
    • Mike Johanns (R-NE)
    • Tim Kaine (D-VA)
    • Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
    • Pat Leahy (D-VT)
    • Miss McConnell (R-KY)
    • Jerry Moran (R-KS)
    • Mark Pryor (D-AR)
    • Jim Risch (R-ID)
    • Pat Roberts (R-KS)
    • Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
    • Dick Shelby (R-AL)
    • Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
    • John Thune (R-SD)
    • Mark Warner (D-VA)
    • Roger Wicker (R-MS)

So what does all this have to do with an obscure Tennessee backbencher in the House?

Stephen Lee Fincher, one of the most sanctimonious right-wing Republican hypocrites in Congress, lives in Frog Jump. Although he likes telling people he's a gospel singer, Fincher is the managing partner in Fincher Farms, a large Agri-business concern that grows cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat on over 2,500 acres in western Tennessee. The company has received $8.9 million in farm subsidies over the past decade, mostly from the cotton program, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Fincher received a $13,650 grant to help buy grain hauling and storage equipment from the state Department of Agriculture in 2009 as part of the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program.

Yes, teabagger Stephen Fincher is a welfare queen.