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Aug 6, 2026

Senate Agriculture Committee rejects farm bill in partisan split

The Senate Agriculture Committee voted down a five-year farm bill at a contentious markup over Republican plans to impose food stamp cost-sharing on states.

Aug 6, 20263 sources

Top claims

▪The rejected farm bill contained a provision to amend the Clean Air Act to allow the year-round sale of E15, a gasoline blend containing a higher percentage of ethanol
▪The absence of Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Tommy Tuberville prevented the Republican-controlled Senate Agriculture Committee from passing the farm bill along party lines
▪Senate Democrats refused to support the farm bill unless a proposed delay in a state cost-sharing requirement for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was doubled from one year to two years

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Agricultural policy1 Congress1 Farm Bill1 Republican Party1 State-federal relations1

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