"Farm Bill Clears House Committee on Partisan Vote"

"The House Agriculture Committee has long prided itself on bipartisanship, but partisan lines were sharply drawn as the panel approved a Republican-drawn farm bill Wednesday on a 26-20, party line vote.

"Mr. Chairman, this is a flawed bill,” Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) said in his opening salvo of the hearing in comments directed at Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) “This is the fault of a bad and non-transparent process. When I was chairman, we marked the bill up in subcommittee. We didn't do that this time. I oppose it and I urge my colleagues on my committee to oppose it as well."

Democratic dissent on the farm bill proposal centers on work requirements for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Peterson told AgriTalk Radio earlier this week that he would offer no amendments to the bill and would simply oppose the entire bill."

John Herath reports for Farm Journal/AgWeb April 18, 2018.

SEE ALSO:

"House Ag Committee approves 2018 Farm Bill" (Beef)

"Bay Area Food Banks Say 2018 Farm Bill Will Increase Ranks Of The Hungry" (San Francisco Chronicle)

"Farm Bill Amendments Address Crop Insurance, Biotech, Broadband" (AgWeek)

"The Republican Plan To Tighten Food Stamp Work Requirements Is Advancing — Without A Single Democrat’s Vote" (Washington Post)

"House Farm Bill Rekindles Fights On Wildfires, Imperiled Species" (E&E Daily)