Midknight Review -- new and revised: One of Trump's major legislative concerns, a comprehensive farm bill, has passed the Senate. The House should be able to finish the job before the end of December.

The Hill: The Senate on Tuesday approved a massive farm and agriculture bill, marking off one of the remaining crucial items on its to-do list.
Senators voted 87-13 on the legislation, which was unveiled on Monday night after months of closed-door negotiations. The bill now heads to the House.

The legislation authorizes agriculture assistance and nutrition
programs for the next five years. The current farm bill lapsed on Sept. 30, but senators viewed the end of the year as their hard deadline, with numerous programs expiring this month.

"The 2018 Farm Bill is our opportunity to make the American food and agriculture systems work more efficiently. I’m pleased to say we have done just that in this conference report. ... I thank my counterparts in the Senate and House for coming to — and staying at — the table to reach a bipartisan, bicameral agreement for rural America," Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said in a statement.
But the bill doesn't include the tougher work requirements for food stamps pushed for by House Republicans and President Trump, sparking backlash from conservatives.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

One of Trump's major legislative concerns, a comprehensive farm bill, has passed the Senate. The House should be able to finish the job before the end of December.

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