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Headline Roundup May 18th, 2018

Farm Bill Fails to Pass House Amid Immigration Fight

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The House rejected a farm subsidy and food stamp bill written by the GOP after several Republicans voted against it in attempts to force Paul Ryan to bring immigration legislation to a vote.

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House Conservatives Punch GOP Leaders In The Mouth By Torpedoing Farm Bill
House Conservatives Punch GOP Leaders In The Mouth By Torpedoing Farm Bill

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The House Freedom Caucus delivered a gut punch to Republican leadership. They voted down and killed the farm bill. The HFC, which represents the conservative wing of House Republicans

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House Rejects Farm Bill as Some Conservatives Withhold Support
News

The House on Friday rejected a five-year agriculture and food-stamp bill written by Republicans, reflecting the scrambled politics within the GOP’s ranks.

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House Farm Bill Collapses Amid Republican Disarray
News

The House, in a striking display of Republican division, rejected a massive farm bill on Friday that would have imposed strict new work requirements on beneficiaries of federal food aid while continuing farm subsidies popular with rural voters.

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