House farm bill passes; Huelskamp one of 12 GOP no votes UPDATED w/ local reaction

The House has barely passed a new farm bill that has been stripped of roughly $80 billion in annual spending for nutrition programs, including food stamps.

The final vote was 216 to 208.

It appears no Democrats voted for the bill.

Incredibly, Rep.

of KS-01 — one of the most farm-centered districts in the United States — was one of just 12 GOP votes against the measure.

Other local GOP Reps —

— were yes votes.

Rep.

was a no.

UPDATE: Rep. Jenkins: “This is progress, and will allow us to come together with the Senate and create a better system than we currently have today. Doing nothing, yet again, would have been irresponsible and put our food security at risk.”

The measure presumably goes to conference with a vastly different Senate bill that includes a nutrition component. It isn’t clear if conferees could put food stamps back in the measure.

But the passage is a victory of sorts for House GOP leadership, which had taxpayer-subsidized egg on its face last month when the farm bill failed in the House.

Several conservative groups opposed the stand-alone bill.

Quotes when we get them.

This story was originally published July 11, 2013 at 4:09 PM with the headline "House farm bill passes; Huelskamp one of 12 GOP no votes UPDATED w/ local reaction."