House Vote on Farm Bill After Immigration Measure

The House will have another chance to vote on the farm bill June 22, according to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas.Conaway said the Freedom Caucus will get the immigration vote that it demanded before the House takes the farm bill up again. The bloc of conservative Republicans helped sink the bill as all Democrats and 30 Republicans voted against the package. Conaway said he does not plan to alter the farm bill, adding it was defeated because of the immigration vote issue between House leaders and the conservatives.The Freedom Caucus has demanded a floor vote on a conservative immigration bill (HR 4760) by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va."I got the votes if we have the immigration thing settled. The issue Friday was immigration not the bill," Conaway said. "My magic number is 215 given the current seven (open) seats."House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said the plan is to vote on the Goodlatte immigration bill some time before the June 22 second vote on the farm bill.