Senate panel fails to advance farm bill amid SNAP standoff, McConnell absence
- The Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance this year’s farm bill out of committee on Thursday amid Republican absences and unified Democratic opposition to the bill’s food aid provisions.
- The vote failed 10-11 along party lines.
- Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who were both absent, did not count...
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- The Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance this year’s farm bill out of committee on Thursday amid Republican absences and unified Democratic opposition to the bill’s food aid provisions.
- The vote failed 10-11 along party lines.
- Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who were both absent, did not count...
Sources: The Hill