date:Jun 21, 2013
Congress another attempt, he said.
Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, the senior Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, said he believes the work requirements and a vote that scuttled a proposed dairy overhaul turned too many lawmakers against the measure.
I had a bunch of people come up to me and say I was with you but this is it, I'm done, Peterson said after the vote.
Boehner voted for the bill but lobbied for the dairy amendment that caused some dairy-state lawmakers to eventually tur