From my article in Barn Raiser today: "While the proposed bill passed the House Agricultural Committee with unanimous Republican support, it included a $27 billion cut to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) funding over a ten-year period, crossing a red line for Democrats. In May, weeks before House Republicans released their draft farm bill, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack warned against doing this, saying “it’s not the right policy,” and that it broke Chair Glenn Thompson’s promise in April not to cut SNAP."
In other words, there are some issues Democrats are unwilling to compromise on and there are some issues Republicans are unwilling to compromise on. Some sort of "middle ground" would need to be reached for a new bill to pass through the House and Senate.
Question in my mind is, why is it a tough one? Who isn't voting for it and why?
From my article in Barn Raiser today: "While the proposed bill passed the House Agricultural Committee with unanimous Republican support, it included a $27 billion cut to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) funding over a ten-year period, crossing a red line for Democrats. In May, weeks before House Republicans released their draft farm bill, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack warned against doing this, saying “it’s not the right policy,” and that it broke Chair Glenn Thompson’s promise in April not to cut SNAP."
In other words, there are some issues Democrats are unwilling to compromise on and there are some issues Republicans are unwilling to compromise on. Some sort of "middle ground" would need to be reached for a new bill to pass through the House and Senate.
Excellent and very succinct explanation of what the Farm Bill is and why we all need to champion it. We all need food as ‘agricultural eaters.’