County timber payments stay alive in Congress

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A one-year extension of federal timber subsidies paid to rural counties has survived conference committee negotiations between the House and the Senate.

A conference report on the transportation bill that contains the money should be signed by late Wednesday and go before Congress for a vote Friday, said Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore.

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