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Source: The Hill

60 House Republicans call on Speaker Mike Johnson to pass Farm Bill

BY SAUL ELBEIN - 10/27/23 4:55 PM ET

More than 60 House Republicans are putting pressure on newly-minted Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to pass the Farm Bill.

The omnibus appropriations bill expired at the end of September amid broader disarray in the chamber — casting the future of a wide swath of American food and nutrition programs into doubt.

Now a coalition of agriculture state Republicans are pushing the House’s new leader to pass a new bill before the funding runs out.

The signatories, which included leading Republicans from key agricultural states like Iowa and South Dakota, called the bill’s lapse a matter of “national security.”

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