WASHINGTON -- A plan backed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and other House GOP leaders to split the farm bill into two pieces is facing a setback.
A split farm bill was anticipated to come before the Rules Committee as early as Wednesday but there is now no sign that this is happening.
A House GOP whip count on Tuesday on a farm subsidy bill without food stamp funding came up short of the 218 votes needed for passage, sources said.
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