President Donald Trump called on lawmakers to pass a long-delayed farm bill in a Friday post to his social media platform Truth Social.
“CONGRESS, PASS THE FARM BILL, NOW!” Trump wrote.
His missive comes after partisan tensions have stalled several recent attempts to advance a farm bill underpinning a range of rural and nutrition programs, from agriculture-sector loans to food stamps. Trump has made few mentions of the farm bill recently, instead calling on Congress to prioritize passing voter ID legislation known as the SAVE America Act.
Farmers, a key constituency for the president and Republicans ahead of the ...