{"id":6755,"date":"2010-05-27T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senate-directs-10-million-to-help-drought-stricken-farmers-in-klamath-basin\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:18","slug":"senate-directs-10-million-to-help-drought-stricken-farmers-in-klamath-basin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senate-directs-10-million-to-help-drought-stricken-farmers-in-klamath-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"El Senado asigna $10 millones para ayudar a los agricultores afectados por la sequ\u00eda en la cuenca de Klamath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2014 El Senado aprob\u00f3 el jueves $10 millones para ayudar a los agricultores en la cuenca de Klamath, afectada por la sequ\u00eda, una inesperada r\u00e1faga de buenas noticias para una regi\u00f3n en apuros que ha sufrido escasez de agua y esperanza durante meses.<\/p>\n<p>El esfuerzo fue orquestado principalmente por el Senador Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., quien encontr\u00f3 una manera de agregar el dinero a un proyecto de ley de gastos que debe aprobarse y que financia el aumento de tropas del presidente Barack Obama en Afganist\u00e1n. Tambi\u00e9n incluye $5 mil millones para reponer las cuentas de ayuda por desastre, as\u00ed como dinero para el alivio del terremoto de Hait\u00ed y ayuda a los aliados de EE. UU. en la lucha contra el terrorismo.<\/p>\n<p>La medida de casi $60 mil millones fue aprobada por un conteo bipartidista de 67-28. (Merkley vot\u00f3 a favor del proyecto de ley, mientras que el senador Ron Wyden vot\u00f3 en contra). M\u00e1s de la mitad de los fondos ir\u00edan al Pent\u00e1gono, principalmente para apoyar la afluencia de Obama de 30.000 soldados a Afganist\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien la financiaci\u00f3n de la cuenca de Klamath fue una mera especificaci\u00f3n en el proyecto de ley general, sobrevivi\u00f3 a varias experiencias cercanas a la muerte y requiri\u00f3 cabildeo de \u00faltima hora del representante republicano Greg Walden. Walden convenci\u00f3 al menos a un senador republicano para que eliminara sus objeciones que habr\u00edan condenado la propuesta.<\/p>\n<p>El dinero se usar\u00e1 para pagar a los agricultores por dejar sin uso aproximadamente 50,000 acres de tierra de cultivo que no se pueden usar debido a las severas reducciones en el agua. Los pagos permitir\u00e1n a los agricultores capear la temporada y, con suerte, recuperarse el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o, dijo Greg Addington, director ejecutivo de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Usuarios de Agua de Klamath.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Es un gran problema&quot;, dijo Addington. \u201cLa situaci\u00f3n aqu\u00ed es que estamos obteniendo un tercio de la cantidad de agua superficial (como de costumbre)\u2026 y tenemos personas que simplemente intentan aguantar\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Al pagar a los agricultores para que retiren la tierra de la producci\u00f3n, la demanda de agua se reducir\u00e1 lo suficiente como para permitir que los que se queden cultiven una cosecha. En total, alrededor de 70,000 acres quedar\u00e1n inactivos como resultado de los $10 millones aprobados el jueves y los $8 millones entregados anteriormente por el gobierno federal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstoy muy contento y muy cansado\u201d, dijo Merkley despu\u00e9s de que se cerr\u00f3 el trato. Llegar all\u00ed no fue f\u00e1cil. Seg\u00fan las reglas del Senado, el dinero podr\u00eda agregarse al proyecto de ley solo si todos los senadores estuvieran de acuerdo. Al principio, tres senadores republicanos objetaron. Esas preocupaciones se resolvieron solo para desencadenar otras objeciones.<\/p>\n<p>El proyecto de ley del Senado a\u00fan debe reconciliarse con una versi\u00f3n diferente del mismo proyecto de ley aprobado por la C\u00e1mara. Sin embargo, los funcionarios de Oreg\u00f3n conf\u00edan en que el dinero de Klamath permanecer\u00e1. Adem\u00e1s, una vez que el proyecto de ley se convierta en ley, el dinero comenzar\u00e1 a fluir r\u00e1pidamente porque el mecanismo para desembolsarlo ya est\u00e1 en marcha.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley solicit\u00f3 la ayuda del l\u00edder de la mayor\u00eda Harry Reid y su diputado, el senador Dick Durbin. El senador republicano Lamar Alexander ayud\u00f3 a suavizar las preocupaciones republicanas. Lo m\u00e1s extra\u00f1o de todo es que Walden lleg\u00f3 al Senado desde la C\u00e1mara para cabildear a los republicanos. <\/p>\n<p>La mayor barrera fue encontrar dinero de otro lugar en el presupuesto federal para pagar la iniciativa Klamath que no provocar\u00eda una objeci\u00f3n. Despu\u00e9s de varios callejones sin salida, la senadora Patty Murray, D-Wash., le cont\u00f3 a Merkley sobre un programa federal para recompensar a la polic\u00eda local por hacer cumplir las leyes del cintur\u00f3n de seguridad que ten\u00eda un super\u00e1vit de $120 millones. <\/p>\n<p>Ese era el descanso que necesitaba. Diez millones de d\u00f3lares del dinero del cintur\u00f3n de seguridad ahora se usar\u00e1n para pagar a los agricultores en Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:openWin('http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2010\/05\/drought-stricken_klamath_basin.html');\"><strong>Leer m\u00e1s -&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; The Senate on Thursday approved $10 million to help farmers in the drought-stricken Klamath Basin, an unlikely burst of good news to a struggling region that has endured a shortage of water and hope for months. The effort was orchestrated primarily by Sen. 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