Lawmakers defeated the proposed $940 billion farm bill on a 195-234 vote Thursday after Democrats protested cuts of $20.5 billion to a public assistance program that helps feed 50 million low-income Americans. The United States’ current farm and nutrition programs expire in September 2013, but the American public will have to wait a little longer
Partisan Deadlock Over Food Stamps Kills The Farm Bill
House Democrats said cuts to the food stamp program were too big; Republicans said they were too small.