Democrats in the Senate Agriculture Committee have refused to support a farm bill that doesn’t restore SNAP funding.

Last Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell returned to Congress after a three-month absence and promptly cast a deciding vote in the Republican-led Agriculture Committee. Back in August, Democrats on the committee blocked the Senate’s version of the farm bill from progressing to a full vote. But even after McConnell’s vote, the way things are going, it’s unlikely that Congress will pass a farm…

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