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Article snippet: The Senate easily cleared their farm bill on Thursday, setting up a fight with House Republicans over new restrictions on food stamps. Senators voted 86-11 to pass the bill before leaving for the week-long July Fourth recess. Sixty votes were needed to pass the bill. GOP Sens. MORE (Pa.) voted against the bill. The $428-billion farm bill authorizes agriculture assistance and nutrition programs for the next five years. The current farm bill expires on Sept. 30. “Today marks an important day for farm country. We are one step closer to providing farmers and ranchers a Farm Bill with the certainty and predictability they deserve,” said Sen. MORE (R-Kansas), the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Sen. Link to the full article to read more