The American Farm Bureau Federation reports that the U.S. Senate begins marking up their version of the Farm Bill on June 13. In the U.S. House, Rep. John Faso voted for their version of the Farm Bill May 18, but not enough of his fellow Republicans joined him, and it failed, 198-213. It did not pass there because conservative Republicans used the Farm Bill as a bargaining chip to get a vote in an immigration bill, and because o Democrats voted for the bill, because Republicans added more work requirements for recipients of food stamps. There was a May 3 pray-in outside Faso's Kingston office protesting his vote for that version of the bill. The existing Farm Bill expires this fall.