House Republicans eye adding $60B farm bill package in Trump megabill

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House Republicans eye adding $60B farm bill package in Trump megabill

Senior Republicans want to pay for it by shifting some SNAP food aid benefit costs to states for the first time.

Republicans Look to Add Farmer Bailout to Megabill

“House Republicans are aiming to add $60 billion in farm bill programs to the agriculture portion of the GOP’s megabill,” Politico reports. “But they’ll have to convince several centrist holdouts to vote for a controversial proposal that pushes some food aid costs onto states in order to do it.”