For decades, the interests of cities and countries come together every few years through the farm bill, measure of urban residents with billions of dollars in subsidies, farmers and businesses in rural areas and food stamp money.
No more.
Recently beat this year's farm bill - traditionally a sturdy, but in Washington's cooperation lonely pillar - highlights the country, the city's political marriage to become another victim of partisan political polarization time. Divorce throws doubt sweep agriculture and nutrition spending in the future.
Here is a long-term alliance how the crash happened: new emboldened conservative groups pressuring rural state Republicans - many representatives of the agricultural area - and radio advertising campaign against a five-year $ 940 one hundred million bill, calling its proposed cuts food stamps too. Almost perfect, including urban areas are mainly Democrats household food stamps recipient refuses to budge cuts they consider too deep. Each party is the fear of angering their core supporters.
This is a measure that has long been the lack of partisan height.
"This kind of thing would not have happened, said:" In another moment, the Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. 阿利森施瓦茨 who opposed the measure.
Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont Blanc, voted in favor of the House of Representatives lamented the consequences of failure through the "inaction is better to do something."
Traditionally, Democrats and Republicans have worked closely through the farm bill.
Long ago, the conservative rural lawmakers in Congress proportion has fallen realize they alone can not muster enough votes to pass a measure to pay agricultural projects. So they agreed to include food stamps for money from their more relaxed peers support the city in exchange for the farm bill.
This is a mutually beneficial relationship. Conservative MPs noted measures include subsidies for farming region home to their core components, while the liberal congressman, they keenly aware that U.S. food aid containing mainly went to their base in the big city Rock voters. Each side needs through other measures, the integration of farm and food money, it is almost always through bipartisan support.
But this year, when House Speaker John Boehner urged lawmakers to vote to support the bill and put it and it does not get enough support, long-term observers and congressional lawmakers are shocked. Tea Party conservatives refused to support even further cost reductions have doubled in the past five years, costing nearly $ 80 billion a year can now feed 17 American Food Stamp Program, at their request to make concessions.
The House version has been proposed reduction of $ 95.5 billion version of the bill, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed the $ 20.5 billion U.S. dollars of food stamps cut dollars. This is not enough, some Republicans and their allies, who are prospects in 2014 mid-term congressional elections and the impact of measures supporting worry.
"I can not imagine the Republicans, and seek their votes for the main audience, you just throw this debacle, said:" The Americans Prosperity President Tim Phillips. "It is impossible to reason, no matter where you are from."
Legislators like RN.C. Rep. Walter Jones in 2008 was $ 60 billion farm bill, who voted clearly note that they will be invited, if they support this type of criticism this year's measures . Parliament, he often spoke of his area of ??tobacco, cotton and soybean production, chose not to take the risk. He voted against the bill after the Americans targeted prosperity and radio ads and mail contact him push his office.
Jones explained his "no" vote is this: "In the United States more than $ 16 trillion of debt and deficits, we simply can not afford it."
Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey, who in his decade in Congress on behalf of Georgia countryside, also voted against it. His advisers believe that this measure does not do enough to benefit farmers. But consultants, chips Lake also noted increased pressure outside groups, he said: "This campaign between the last farm bill and the farm bill has increased exponentially."
For example, the conservative treatment group Heritage Action urged voters to call like 10 Iowa Republican Congressman Tom Latham pressuring legislators, he opposed the measure. As a result, Latham received food stamps on the bill expenditures voters angry calls. Latham calls MPs frustrated aide said. He said that no food stamps spending cuts that will be unchecked.
If you do not pass the bill, Congress will likely take a short-term resolution of the current levels continue to spend.
Democrats, meanwhile, fear of a rebound in the deep cuts liberals warned them against voting in favor of food stamps.
"They are worried, saying:" They will be a primary challenge if they do not fight tooth and nail food stamps, Minnesota Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson and former chairman of the Committee on Agriculture.
Since the vote, leading Republicans say that combines food and agricultural projects should end the day stamps.
"We should put their food stamp program as a separate program, said:" Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Budget Committee chairman, who opposed the bill.
If this happens, Republicans and Democrats say the results also indicate the future through the farm and food stamps measures - to appease their core supporters inadequate.
 



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