GOP ditches farm bill extension

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Facing defeat, Republicans pulled their one-year farm bill extension from the House docket late Tuesday in favor of a narrower disaster aid package to address the immediate needs of drought-stricken livestock producers.

The House Rules Committee had been slated to take up the extension Tuesday in anticipation of floor votes Wednesday. But shortly before the 5 p.m. meeting, notice was abruptly given that the bill had been pulled, and the substitute disaster package was expected to be filed later in the evening for floor action Thursday.