These issues would normally be separate from the farm bill, which reauthorizes certain farm subsidies for five years and provides money for food stamps, but the Freedom Caucus wants to use the weak support for the farm bill as leverage. That means GOP leaders don’t have the votes to pass the bill if more than a dozen conservatives oppose the legislation. But even if Republicans reach a deal among themselves, they may still have problems passing the farm bill. And Mario Diaz-Balart, another pro-immigration Republican from Florida, said he was concentrating on appropriations (though he said he supported the farm bill). There’s also a significant battle brewing over sugar subsidies in the farm bill.

Source: Huffington Post May 17, 2018 00:22 UTC