House Farm Bill Fails
House lawmakers voted down the 2014 farm bill June 20, in a 234-195 vote. A motion to reconsider the bill, HR-1947, was made after the no vote (read the complete bill here). House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said…
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he was “obviously disappointed,” the bill failed, but had “no doubt that we will finish our work in the near future,” (read his statement here). Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., was harsher in her assessment: “This is totally unacceptable,” she said in a statement (here). Stabenow said Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, needs to present a bipartisan bill, and can start by bringing the Senate farm bill -- which passed 66-27 on June 10 -- to the House floor for a vote. HR-1947, includes funding for the Export Credit Guarantee, Market Access and Foreign Market Development Cooperator programs (see 13051528).