date:Jul 12, 2012
the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, to encourage prompt action.
Boehner's a friend of mine and I will talk to him, probably sometime next week, he said.
If there is one issue that unites virtually all farm groups and conservation organizations, its support for passage of a farm bill this year. Farm bills have been passed after they expired before, but Peterson believes that would be difficult to do after the election in November.