Tom Latham blames Eric Cantor on farm bill

[highplainsdem]

Source: Politico

Iowa Rep. Tom Latham says Speaker John Boehner wants to bring the farm bill to the floor, but is being stifled by his leadership colleagues.

Latham, a close ally of Boehner’s (R-Ohio), said on Simon Conway’s radio show in Iowa Tuesday that “Eric Cantor is the one who controls floor activity” and the Virginia Republican “honestly believe(s) that they cannot pass it.”

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The farm bill has passed the House Agriculture Committee, and has been hanging in limbo ever since. The Senate passed a bill, and rural farm states have been up in arms at Republican leadership, which refuses to bring it to the floor. The Wall Street Journal editorial page gave leadership reinforcement Tuesday, when they said leadership shouldn’t bring it to the floor because it spends too much money.

But Latham’s party is in power, and he is in a tight member-on-member race against Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa). He wants the bill brought to the floor, and hashed out there. Latham said on the radio show that leadership is nervous about internal conflict over the bill.

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[justgamma]

1. Listen Tommy,

When you going to learn that your party has no interest in helping anyone but the wealthy who can shower them with bribes.

[SDjack]

2. Tom, you should have formed a bipartisan group that could

pass a bill. Instead, y'all squandered the opportunity.

[jthompson]

3. TeaBaggers Stop Farm Bill

Make sure the world knows just who's side the teabaggers are on.

http://www.RepublicansAreADisease.com

Republicans are a disease. Farmers are being crushed by the drought, and these slimeballs play politics.

[Sparky 1]

4. Repubs are still trying to go extinct. Amazing that it's taking so long.