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Ukraine aid could be saved by obscure congressional rules, Reagan-era politics, Boll Weevils and Gypsy Moths
What did they call those Democrats? Boll weevils. A look at the political taxonomy: The boll weevil is an invasive pest that infests cotton plants in the South. Conservative, southern Democrats ...
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Cotton: Tax that works for the nation's fifth leading producer
The boll weevil nearly wiped out North Carolina’s cotton crop in the 1920s. It was finally eradicated in 1980. A surveillance program by the nonprofit Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North ...