By Barbara Olejnik
Poultry Times Staff
bolejnik@poultrytimes.com
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — The House of Representatives on May 18 defeated the 2018 Farm Bill on a 213 to 198 vote — a move that saw Republicans defecting from their party to vote with Democrats against the bill.
Some 30 Republicans joined with every Democrat in the chamber in opposition to the $858 billion legislation — the Agriculture and Nutrition Act (H.R.2).
The vote saw Republicans split among the conservative Freedom Caucus and the Republican leadership.
The conservatives had demanded prior action on immigration while Democrats opposed legislation imposing stricter. . .
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