Good News in Congress on King Amendment, Horse Slaughter
The House of Representatives today shot down the $940-billion Farm Bill, by a vote of 195 to 234.
The House of Representatives today shot down the $940-billion Farm Bill, by a vote of 195 to 234.
The House Agriculture Committee will take up the Farm Bill tomorrow morning, and will consider an amendment offered by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, that seeks to negate most state and local laws regarding the production or manufacture of agriculture products. It’s a radical federal overreach that would undermine the longstanding Constitutional rights of states to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens and local businesses.