date:Aug 04, 2012
The House approved the package in a 223 to 197 vote Thursday afternoon to help livestock producers who are struggling to feed their herds.
But Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) said on the Senate floor that the House bill doesn't accomplish enough, and that she wouldn't support the legislation. Democratic leadership aides confirmed that the Senate wouldn't take up the House bill before adjourning for the August recess.
Ms. Stabenow said the Senate had passed a fiv