YES! Their "Poison Pill" amendment was meant to kill it.
71%
NO! They thought they could pressure Democrats to vote for it.
29%
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The Republican version helps only the big corp farmers and starves children. The Dem proposal helps big corp farmers and feeds children. Why do Republicans want to starve our children that are in need?
I heard on the news tonight that the Speaker thought he had the votes and then at the last minute a bunch of the freshmen, Tear Party group voted against it catching them all by surprise. This was on Scott Pelley on CBS and the man in DC he interviewed said this has been an ongoing problem for the Speaker Boehner. Both Dems and Repubs were for it.
Most farmers in my state are hardcore Republicans, so I'm not sure the House is doing themselves any favors by voting out food stamps and other farm subsidies that buy surplus - basically farm welfare programs. A huge percentage of farming around here is corporate from sugar beets and potatoes to apples, owned or contracted for big processors, like Dole or Simplot. Certainly the ag corporations aren't going to give up a government handout. Maybe a few tea party types and others figured this out.
A note on your take about sugary drinks on food stamps/SNAP. They're just the tip of the iceberg. If you were to try to live on food stamps, despite Republican claims, you would not be eating crablegs. You would be down to highly processed but cheap foods, like mac n' cheese, ramen, high carb, high fat, low nutrition type foods. Like the congress members who have taken the challenge to try to live on $4.50 a day, try living on a diet from the local dollar store or Wal-Mart. Wallyworld, as we call it here, not only starves their employees, but expects to have them as customers with food stamps in hand.
The Republicans in Congress are all about making President Obama look bad. By halting all progress on every social matter, except stomping on our civil rights, the Republican are trying to pass the blame uphill; and, are succeeding. Whenever anyone suffers, the Republicans look better to their constituents. To them this is just a big game of chicken.