GOP FAIL: Farm/Welfare "reform" bill fails in house due to dems/freedom caucus

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Facing universal Democratic opposition and opposition from a small number of moderates and some freedom caucus members who wanted a vote on the Goodlatte immigration bill beforehand, the house has just rejected, on a vote of 198-213, the farm bill, which was amended beforehand to require work requirements for SNAP.


https://twitter.com/sahilkapur?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://newrepublic.com/article/148461/farm-bill-everything-thats-wrong-congress
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/politics/farm-bill-house-agriculture-food-stamps-snap/index.html

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Vote summary: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll205.xml

Before anyone freaks, Ryan (WI) voted No for procedural reasons (allows him to bring up the bill for a re-vote at some later time)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Following rules committee action, the house is expected to authorize the postponement of the vote on the motion to reconsider until possibly as late as June 22. So there may be a substantial wait for a new attempt to pass this.