Strikes deal to get fucked later............

Grassley strikes deal to table farm aid amendment

Sen. Chuck Grassley decided not to force a vote after talking to Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.), one person said.

Grace Yarrow

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) struck a deal to avoid a dramatic clash over farm payment policies on the Senate floor during the chamber’s marathon “vote-a-rama” on megabill amendments, his office confirmed Monday.

Grassley decided not to force a vote on his amendment to impose limits on income for farmers receiving federal farm subsidies after talking to Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.), according to a person familiar with the talks who was granted anonymity to discuss the private deal.

Farm-state Republicans grew increasingly nervous over the day as Grassley shored up support on both sides of the aisle for his amendment — which his office argued would have saved $5 billion and made sure the megabill’s $67 billion farm bill package prioritized working-class, small farmers.

But Boozman promised Grassley they would work together to pass some of his priorities in a separate vehicle or in a “skinny” farm bill package later this year, the person said.

Dozens of agriculture groups had warned in a Sunday letter that the amendment would create “massive additional penalties” for farmers who are already grappling with economic headwinds like low reference prices and weather-related losses.