Gridlock on the farm bill

So far, both political parties have been unable to agree to a way to proceed with debate on the bill, even though most farm organizations want a bill this year. In a nutshell, Republican members of the Senate would like to debate more than 250 amendments to the farm bill before the Senate breaks for Thanksgiving on Friday. The Democrats want to reach an agreement to consider or more limited number of amendments from both parties. So far, no agreement to limit amendments has been reached.