WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. farm bill that cleared the Senate in June is now stalled in the House of Representatives, the Associated Press reports.
The five-year, $500-billion bill was approved by the House Agriculture Committee last week, though House Speaker John Boehner said no decision has been made on the House consideration of the bill, AP reports.
The House will be in session for three more weeks before it leaves for its five-week summer break. After that, there are only eight more legislative days in September; the current farm bill expires at the end of September.
“The House leadership needs to bring the farm bill to the floor for a vote,” said Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn, top Democrat on the Agriculture Committee. “Our nation’s farmers and ranchers need the certainty of a new five-year bill and they need it before the current farm bill ends.”
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(Source: Fox News)
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