Farm Bill Put in Jeopardy Over Food Stamp Work Requirements
- Work requirements in nutrition assistance angers Democrats
- Chairman Conaway wants more time to negotiate bipartisan plan
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House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway said he’s delaying the release of a draft law renewing farm and nutrition programs to try and produce a bill with bipartisan support after intense Democratic opposition over cuts to the food-stamp program raised the possibility the bill could be imperiled.
"What I don’t want to be is in those negotiations, put something out there and have to change it," the Texas Republican told reporters Tuesday. "We’re in negotiations."