US Sent $1.1 Billion In Subsidies To Over 170,000 Dead Farmers
The Agriculture Department sent $1.1 billion in farm payments to more than 170,000 dead people over a seven-year period, congressional investigators say.
The findings by the Government Accountability Office were released Monday as the House prepared to debate and pass farm legislation this week that would govern subsidies and the department's programs for the next five years.
Associated Press | MARY CLARE JALONICK | July 23, 2007 06:36 PM