The Farm Bill dies in the House 234-195 with around 60 Republicans voting against it.

Jamie Dupree ✔ @jamiedupree

WOW - House defeats Farm Bill 234-195
1:55 PM - 20 Jun 2013

I’ll have more shortly…

UPDATE: Here’s the House Screen showing how the parties voted. Clearly it was mostly Democrats and 62 Republicans who deleted it. The other 172 doesn’t sound too good:



UPDATE 2: Looks like Dems turned on Republicans, with conservatives claiming victory in defeating the bill:

Reid Wilson ✔ @HotlineReid

Conservatives bragging they killed the Farm Bill, GOP leadership says Dems didn't deliver the votes promised.

http://therightscoop.com/breaking-house-...m-bill-234-195/

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has rejected a five year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that would have cut $2 billion annually from food stamps and let states impose broad new work requirements on those who receive them.

The vote was 234-195 against the bill. Sixty-two Republicans voted no, while 24 Democrats voted in favor of the bill.

Members of both parties had signaled opposition to the food stamp cuts in the bill.

Many Republicans say the cuts are not enough; the food stamp program has doubled in cost over the last five years to almost $80 billion a year and now helps to feed 1 in 7 Americans.

Liberals oppose any reductions in food stamps, contending that the House plan could remove as many as 2 million needy recipients from the rolls.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/...-down-in-house/

Little Johnny wanted this his dem bed buddies turned on him HAHA

Quote: Cedric wrote in post #3

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This should be good news for those of you who feared that Boehner could summarily ram anything he wanted to through the House (like the immigration bill)!

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The optimal word is conservative that leaves out Johnny he wanted this pork filled piece off junk passed

Oh my gosh - does this mean that we won't be able to eat?!?!?!? Will all of the farms have to close down?????

Quote: FP123 wrote in post #10

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Oh my gosh - does this mean that we won't be able to eat?!?!?!? Will all of the farms have to close down?????

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