date:Jun 21, 2013
families relying on nutrition assistance should not be held hostage to Republican incompetence, Reid said.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said Thursday that the committee is assessing all its options and will continue its work in the near future.
Just before the vote, Lucas pleaded with his colleagues' support, saying that if the measure didn't pass people would use it as an example of a dysfunctional Congress.
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