We reported on Friday that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) is actively pursuing a plan to separate farm programs and nutrition programs into two pieces of legislation. The House Leadership will know more about how this idea will fly with the Republican rank and file by the end of the Independence Day recess when the House returns on 9 July. In the meantime, other ideas on how to move the bill are being considered. According to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma), a couple of these include the following.
Taking the committee-passed farm bill back to the Rules Committee and asking for a closed rule that doesn't allow amendments. Taking most of the amendments that were passed on the floor -- with th...
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