HALA, Congrats on these efforts.
JAI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Frank Tamborello <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:41 AM Subject: farm bill defeated! To: [email protected] *The House just voted on the Farm Bill, with the $20 billion proposed cuts in SNAP. It was defeated 195-234. 172 Dems voted against the bill, with SNAP cuts being a major factor for many of them. * *Thanks to all of you who made calls, went on visits or rallies to stand up for hungry Americans.* * * * * *Farm bill fails in the House* By Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News**** The House failed to pass a major farm bill on Thursday after most Democrats joined with a handful of conservatives to scuttle the nearly $1 trillion legislation. **** The House voted 195-234 to defeat the bill, which had been expected to pass. The Senate has already passed its own farm legislation.**** Democrats, who were angry about the legislationÂ’s cuts to food stamp programs, largely opposed the measure. Conservative groups like the Club for Growth and the Koch Brothers-linked Americans for Prosperity had meanwhile ratcheted up pressure on Republican lawmakers to oppose the legislation.**** The failed vote is somewhat of an embarrassment for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the rest of the GOP leadership. This is just the latest example of their inability to get Republican legislation over the finish line due to conservativesÂ’ defections on the final vote.**** http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/20/19060053-farm-bill-fails-in-the-house?lite **** ** ** House farm bill vote breakdown: GOP: 171 yeas, 62 nays; DEMS: 24 yeas, 172 nays; total: 195-234**** ** ** ** ** Frank Tamborello**** Hunger Action Los Angeles**** 961 S. Mariposa #205**** Los Angeles CA 90006**** 213-388-8228**** [email protected]**** -- JAI RAC-LA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
