Congress needs to pass a five-year multi-billion dollar farm bill, and conservative reforms have been scrubbed from the legislation.
The Associated Press reports lawmakers in both parties have rejected a plan to add new work requirements to the nation's food stamp program, killing a plan supported by President Donald Trump and conservative Republicans.
"We still have more work to do. We are committed to delivering a new farm bill to America as quickly as possible," said the statement by Sens.
Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and Collin Peterson, D-Minn. House Republicans passed a bill with these new work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program without Democratic support earlier this year, requiring that food stamp recipients between ages 18-59 work at least 20 hours a week and requiring parents with children older than 6 to work or participate in job training.
With the Democrats ready to assume control of the House in January, conservative lawmakers will now be pressured to advance the bill without needed reforms in the lame-duck session.
How much longer will conservatives tolerate the Senate's obstruction of a conservative agenda? Why is it that for every conservative priority, the excuse given by Republican leadership is that there aren't 60 votes, so we can't pass the reforms? Is that not ridiculous? Does anybody actually believe the Founding Fathers envisioned a super-majority requirement in the Senate to advance even basic policy changes?
If we can't legislate, if we can't pass conservative policies, what's the point of the conservative movement?
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/republican-senators-just-agreed-to-scrap-work-requirements-for-food-stamps/
The Associated Press reports lawmakers in both parties have rejected a plan to add new work requirements to the nation's food stamp program, killing a plan supported by President Donald Trump and conservative Republicans.
"We still have more work to do. We are committed to delivering a new farm bill to America as quickly as possible," said the statement by Sens.
Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and Collin Peterson, D-Minn. House Republicans passed a bill with these new work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program without Democratic support earlier this year, requiring that food stamp recipients between ages 18-59 work at least 20 hours a week and requiring parents with children older than 6 to work or participate in job training.
With the Democrats ready to assume control of the House in January, conservative lawmakers will now be pressured to advance the bill without needed reforms in the lame-duck session.
How much longer will conservatives tolerate the Senate's obstruction of a conservative agenda? Why is it that for every conservative priority, the excuse given by Republican leadership is that there aren't 60 votes, so we can't pass the reforms? Is that not ridiculous? Does anybody actually believe the Founding Fathers envisioned a super-majority requirement in the Senate to advance even basic policy changes?
If we can't legislate, if we can't pass conservative policies, what's the point of the conservative movement?
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/republican-senators-just-agreed-to-scrap-work-requirements-for-food-stamps/
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