In 1999, the USDA entered into a consent agreement with black farmers in which the agency agreed to pay farmers for past discrimination in lending and other USDA programs. Thousands of claims have been adjudicated, but thousands of other claims were not considered on their merits because the affected farmers submitted their claims after the settlement claims deadline.
To address the remaining claims, Congress provided these farmers another avenue for restitution in the 2008 Farm Bill by providing a right to file a claim in federal court. The total amount offered by the federal government in the agreement announced today, $1.25 billion, includes the $100 million appropriated by Congress in Section 14012 of the Farm Bill.
,Last May, President Obama announced his plans to include settlement funds for black farmers in the FY 2010 budget to bring closure to their long-standing litigation against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Michelle Bachmann has to her credit, worked very hard to correct this fraud, Democrats have blocked her efforts and are taking if not 'taken' another billion dollars for a second round of payments to faux Black Farmers.
Please be aware of what Washington is all about, it ain't you or me unless you can donate mucho cash to someone trying to be elected or up for re-election.
I don’t think 0bama has a say in this, because it is the House that has the power to impeach, not the president. The removal however is another question with the rats having the majority in the Senate