All posts tagged "Farm Bill"

An aloof Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was seen changing his vote after Republicans sitting next to him told him to do so.

McConnell returned to the Senate earlier this week, and on Wednesday, he was seen following the advice of other Republicans in the Senate Agriculture Committee during the markup of a bill known as Farm Bill 2.0. According to reporting by The Hill, the GOP-controlled committee narrowly passed the Farm Bill 2.0 with a 12-11 vote that would have been reversed if McConnell's initial vote hadn't changed.

In a video making the rounds on X, McConnell can clearly be heard voting "no" on the markup. The subtitles in the video even picked up the "no," but Republicans around McConnell, including committee chair Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), could be seen leaning in and murmuring right after McConnell voted against it. McConnell then changed his vote to "aye" after his initial vote stirred the Republicans around him. Boozman had also leaned in and whispered to McConnell before the voting started....

WASHINGTON — Republicans can’t stop thinking about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). They see her everywhere — including in the sheen of their recently retired green congressional pins.

Turns out, when Republicans see green these days, they see a flash of Ocasio-Cortez and the Green New Deal she’s championed. That proved to be the driving reason behind why the GOP-controlled House of Representatives scrapped the official congressional lapel pin — which help Capitol Police officers quickly identify lawmakers — during the 118th congressional session.

“I hated the color,” Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) — while rocking a large defund the World Health Organization button — told Raw Story while walking across the Capitol grounds. “It reminded me too much of the Green New Deal.” ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican budget-cutters joined Democratic defenders of food stamps to defeat the $500 billion, five-year farm bill backed by GOP leaders on Thursday.