The Senate passed its version of the $428 billion Farm Bill yesterday by a vote of 86 to 11. The bill's overwhelming support "reflected a bipartisan desire to rush relief to farmers confronting low prices for their products and an array of other troubles. But the bill faces challenges when lawmakers meet later this summer to reconcile gaping differences between the House and Senate bills," Caitlin Dewey and Erica Werner report for The Washington Post.
The House bill, which passed by two votes last week, includes work requirements for able-bodied adults participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, once called food stamps; the Senate bill does not, and key senators have said they would not support a final bill with such requirements. "The Senate farm bill also preserves a major conservation program gutted in the House bill, as well as a separate provision, unpopular in the House, that would limit farm-subsidy payments," Dewey and Werner report. The subsidy payment limits were courtesy of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who failed to get the subsidy limit passed in the last farm bill, Christine Haughney reports for Politico.
Also included in the Senate bill was a provision to legalize industrial hemp, a pet project of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. "McConnell secured a hemp pilot program in the most recent farm bill in 2014. He views the crop as a good replacement for tobacco, which is grown in his home state," Juliet Linderman reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader.
The House bill, which passed by two votes last week, includes work requirements for able-bodied adults participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, once called food stamps; the Senate bill does not, and key senators have said they would not support a final bill with such requirements. "The Senate farm bill also preserves a major conservation program gutted in the House bill, as well as a separate provision, unpopular in the House, that would limit farm-subsidy payments," Dewey and Werner report. The subsidy payment limits were courtesy of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who failed to get the subsidy limit passed in the last farm bill, Christine Haughney reports for Politico.
Also included in the Senate bill was a provision to legalize industrial hemp, a pet project of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. "McConnell secured a hemp pilot program in the most recent farm bill in 2014. He views the crop as a good replacement for tobacco, which is grown in his home state," Juliet Linderman reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader.
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