Farm Bill Update: Lugar-Lautenberg and Dorgan-Grassley Fail Cloture Votes
Two of the major farm bill (HR 2419/S 2302) amendments supported by reform advocates, the Lugar-Lautenberg subsidy overhaul (S 2228) and Dorgan-Grassley subsidy cap (S 1486), have both failed to achieve the sixty votes necessary to overcome Republican filibusters.
On Tuesday, Lugar-Lautenberg was soundly rejected by a vote of 37-58 (the five presidential candidates in the Senate did not vote).
This morning, the cloture vote to end debate on Dorgan-Grassley narrowly failed by a vote of 56-43.