A dispute over an obscure dairy policy provision has pushed a vote on the Farm Bill—the legislation which includes food stamp funding--until at least late January. It still might scuttle the bill entirely.
Normally gridlock is bad news for progressives, but this time it works in our favor: The vote delay gives us more time to push back on Democrats and kill the deal they cut with Republicans to cut food stamps by $9 billion.
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