Minnesota Democrat wants guarantee Farm Bill will go to vote
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Rep. Collin Peterson says he's dismayed Congress passed only a short extension to the 2008 Farm Bill. The Minnesota Democrat said he's not willing to put in any more work on a five-year farm bill without assurances it will get a vote.
The House never took a floor vote on a five-year farm bill that passed out of the House Agriculture Committee in July with bipartisan support from Peterson, the ranking Democrat on the panel, and its chairman, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla.
Peterson tells The Associated Press he and his staff are crafting a letter to Speaker John Boehner demanding a guarantee that if the committee passes a farm bill this year, it will be allowed to come to the floor. Otherwise, he said he'll stay on the sidelines.
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