Joshua Zumbrun
Forbes
Congress and the White House appear headed for a final showdown on a new farm bill this week. Lawmakers say legislation is ready for a vote. The president says he will veto it. Whether the bill has enough support to override–two-thirds from both the House and Congress–remains unknown.
No one is more anxious for an outcome than the nation’s food banks, which have found their future funding held hostage to endless rounds of political debate over the most controversial parts of the legislation, even as the lines at their doors grow weekly.
