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Ken Cook

Ken Cook is president of Environmental Working Group, a public interest research and advocacy organization known for its Farm Subsidy Database. The author of dozens of articles, opinion pieces and reports on agricultural, public health and environmental topics, "[Cook's] fingerprints can be found on nearly two decades of U.S. farm law" (Omaha World Herald). Read more about Ken.

Craig Cox

Craig Cox is EWG Midwest Vice President. He Mulches from EWG's office in Ames, IA. Prior to EWG, Craig served as Executive Director of the Soil and Water Conservation Society and was Acting USDA Deputy Under-Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and Special Assistant to the Chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Michelle Perez

Michelle Perez is EWG's Senior Agriculture Analyst. She has a BA in Biology from Occidental, a Masters from the University of Maryland (UMD) and is finishing up a PhD in agricultural-environmental policy at UMD.

Don Carr

Don Carr is EWG's Press Secretary for agriculture and public lands issues. Prior to EWG, Don worked as a Communications Director for the DNC in his home state of South Dakota and on former Senate Leader Tom Daschle's 2004 reelection campaign.

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The Farm Bill In "The Senate Hat Trick"

I confess, I’m not a professional Democratic political consultant. If I were, I’d lose a lot more often. And I‘d have a beach house.

But I would offer one amateur observation to congressional Democrats looking back at the past week:

If your public approval ratings are in the toilet, stop flushing.

Kevin over at Life has taught us explains how the senate's sell out on farm bill reform this past week fits into the public's dismal take on congress. His "hat trick of bad legislation" from the senate this week spans the farm bill, energy bill and Iraq war funding, and might explain congress's 32 percent approval rating the WaPo reported earlier this week.

Bush was at 33.

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Thank you for the nod on the post. And, I think that "dismal" is a very nice way to put it. I am not sure if the politicians who were swept to power in 2006 actually remember why it is that they were sent to Washington. It is extremely frustrating.

And, although I know it is not the topic of Mulch, the upcoming FISA vote is likely to be yet another huge sell out of the American public.

Is it not clear how out of touch Congress is with the American people?

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