Grassley Says SNAP Work Requirement Will Not Make it in Senate

Progress is being made on a new farm bill, but Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has added his name to the list of those who think that the work requirements for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) proposed by the House are still complicating the situation."I cannot be for it because we can never get 60 votes in the United States Senate to get a bill requiring food stamp recipients to work so until the House backs down," Grassley said at a meeting in Indianola, Iowa, Tuesday."I do not think we are going to have a five year farm bill by early December." If that cannot happen, Grassley then indicated "we are going to have to extend the 2014 farm bill for one more year."