Farm Bill Passes House With $8 Billion in Food-Stamp Cuts
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The U.S. House passed and sent the Senate a much-delayed bill to set agricultural policy for five years, as rural Republicans and urban Democrats overcame objections about farm subsidies and food-stamp cuts.
The Republican-led House voted 251-166 for the so-called farm bill, which would cost $956.4 billion over a decade. Senators predicted passage in their chamber, ending a tortured journey for a traditionally popular farm measure that House Republicans rejected last year in defiance of their leader, Speaker John Boehner.