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As the end of 2023 approaches, American farmers and food producers are looking back on the year with frustration after Congress failed to pass a newFarm Billthis year.The farm bill expired in September. The piece of legislation is passed by Congress every five years and funds critical programs like crop insurance for farmers. The bill also covers funding for programs like theSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP , also known as food stamps.It must be renewed every five years and is typically one of the most bipartisan pieces of legislation passed by Congress 鈥?but not this year. There does not appear to be much of an ability to legislate on something like this. The House has been an absolute mess in terms of being functional enough to do anything, said Jonat
stanley becher han Coppess, who teaches agriculture policy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.SEE MORE: Scripps News survey finds $70M stolen from food assistance programCoppess said Congress inability to pass a new Farm Bill this year speaks to broader dysfunction in Washington. We re just stacking up the things that need to be done, and Congress is not finding ways to get them done, he said.The $1.2 trillion price tag is part of the reason the passage of a new bill is being held up. Some Republicans also want SNAP benefits to come with stricter work requirements.The chaos surrounding the House speaker earlier this year didn t help, either. Congress extended the 2018 Far
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U.S. Sen. John Hoeven easily won North Dakota s Republican primary on Tuesday, coasting past an unknown and poorly funded political neophyte ahead of a November matchup when he s again likely to be a heavy favorite. Hoeven defeated Riley Kuntz. The oil field worker had said Hoeven had been in Washington far too long. But Kutnz raised less than $
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