Senate Republicans Advance Farm Bill 12-11 as McConnell Returns to Break Committee Deadlock
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 16
Senate Republicans Advance Farm Bill 12-11 as McConnell Returns to Break Committee Deadlock
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 16
Summary
A 12-11 party-line vote sent the farm bill out of the Senate Agriculture Committee after Mitch McConnell returned and gave Republicans the extra vote they lacked during his absence.
McConnell had been away since a June hospitalization after a fall, leaving the committee evenly split and blocking Republicans from moving the measure.
The bill now heads to the full Senate, where it needs 60 votes and therefore at least some Democratic support to advance.
Democrats oppose the measure largely over proposed SNAP changes that would shift more costs to states, setting up a difficult path before the current farm bill expires at September's end.