They call it the farm bill but it’s the Department of Agriculture appropriations bill. That will still need to be funded.
Defeat of this farm bill means spending arrangements will revert to a previous bill, which is probably worse. Much as I like to see Boehner get punched in the face, this is probably not a good thing.
“They call it the farm bill but it’s the Department of Agriculture appropriations bill. That will still need to be funded.”
No it doesn’t. The Department of Agriculture should be eliminated along with the Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Transporation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The missions of all of these departments belong to the states under the Constitution. Eliminate them completely and in two years the majority of the American people will be unaffected demonstrating the bureaucracy is unnecessary. The only way to fix Washington is to defund large chunks which means eliminating entire departments.