date:Jul 12, 2012
As the House Agriculture Committee marked up its version of a five-year farm bill Wednesday, that urban-rural coalition appeared more fragile than ever.
Democrats on the committee made an impassioned plea to avoid cutting spending on the nutrition title, which would take up nearly 80% of the farm bill's spending, arguing that the committee would be hurting millions of single parents, children and elderly Americans who would lose eligibility for food stamps. Republicans, meanwhile, said the bill