US House passes ‘skinny’ farm bill that keeps big GOP cuts to food assistance

A farmer harvests corn beside Highway 163 in Iowa. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

A farmer harvests corn beside Highway 163 in Iowa. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

The U.S. House approved, 224-200, a five-year farm bill as members of Congress attempt to update major agriculture and nutrition policy after three years of extensions.The bill would authorize subsidy and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal 2031. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated an earlier version of the bill would not meaningfully affect discretionary feder...

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