Food stamps fight
CQ Budget, Episode No. 319
An ideological fight over food stamp benefits threatens to derail the five-year farm bill reauthorization. CQ Roll Call agriculture reporter Olivia M. Bridges and host David Lerman discuss the partisan divide over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other major sticking points in farm bill negotiations.
Show Notes:
- House, Senate farm bill summaries show SNAP, climate division
- Vilsack says House proposal threatens farm bill coalition