Senate Sends Farm Bill Back to House
Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., sent the Farm Bill back to the House on July 18, in a move designed to establish conference and begin negotiations. The chairwoman reportedly added nutrition programs, including food stamps provisions, that House lawmakers…
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declined to include in the House bill passed in mid-July. “We are, in fact, now officially sending back our Senate bill to the House and requesting a conference on the Farm Bill,” Stabenow said July 18 on the Senate floor. “This is a very important step.” The Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill in June. A staffer with Senator Stabenow did not immediately comment on the impact the move to conference will have on the future of the Farm Bill.