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In The Field- AFR's Terry Detrick Talks Farm Bill Defeat in House- Video
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 05:54:24 CDTThis past weekend, the President of the American Farmers & Ranchers, Terry Detrick, talked with Farm Director Ron Hays on his Saturday morning TV segment called In the Field, as seen on KWTV, News9 in Oklahoma City.
Hays and Detrick talked about the defeat a week earlier of the 2013 Farm Bill on the floor of the US House. Detrick said he was very disappointed to watch how the 2013 farm bill went down to defeat in the House of Representatives after it looked like it had a good chance of passing.
"I watched the proceedings on C-SPAN until ten o'clock or so the night before and I went to bed thinking, 'Boy, this will be smooth tomorrow.' And then, at the last minute, a few bombshells were dropped on some amendments that I think had not been expected-for sure not requested-and it caused enough deterioration that there were enough votes dropped off both sides of the aisle that they just couldn't get it passed. I guess that's the first time in farm bill history that the House of Representatives did not get theirs passed."
Detrick said we may be beyond the era of bipartisanship and into an era of "tripartisanship." He said legislators now seem to occupy three camps: far right wing, far left wing, and the middle. For bills to be successful, he said, it takes votes from all three groups.
You can watch the segment with Terry Detrick by clicking on the play button in the video box below.
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