Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has warned that the Senate will not pass the Farm Bill this year unless Senators withhold amendments on controversial issues including immigration reform and war in Iraq. Reuters' Charles Abbott reported that Reid: "left open the possibility he would ask a vote next week to shut off debate on the bill and that debate might be deferred to next year."
More than 260 amendments to the bill have been proposed. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told Abbott the solution, as with other bills, would be for him and Reid to decide in private on a limited number of amendments that would be put to a vote.
Last month My Rural America urged Senators to pass the bill immediately.
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