US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

Publisher: NYTimes

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19 May 2018

House Farm Bill Collapses Amid Republican Disarray

The House, in a striking display of Republican division, rejected a massive farm bill on Friday that would have imposed strict new work requirements on beneficiaries of federal food aid while continuing farm subsidies popular with rural voters. The twice-a-decade farm policy measure failed on a 213-to-198 vote, after a key bloc of conservatives rebuked Speaker Paul D. Ryan over his refusal to schedule an immediate vote on a restrictive immigration bill sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee chairman, Robert W. Goodlatte of Virginia.
The House, in a striking display of Republican division, rejected a massive farm bill on Friday that would have...

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