''Millions of Tax Dollars Spent Illegally on Beef Industry Lobbyists, Cattleman Says''

From Courthouse News

''The U.S. Department of Agriculture illegally funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to lobbyists for the beef industry, a cattleman claims in Federal Court.
 
   Michael Callicrate sued the USDA and its Secretary Tom Vilsack; the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, and the Beef Promotion Operating Committee - both based in Centennial, Colo.; and the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.''

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