Cantor forms group to work on nutrition bill
July 19, 2013 | 02:18 PM
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., has established a working group to help write a nutrition bill that could theoretically pass the House with only Republican votes.
The Hagstrom Report has obtained a list that contains 16 members including Cantor, although there have been rumors that the group includes more than 20 members.
Cantor’s office declined to release a list of members, but an aide said, “The leader is involved in a variety of outreach efforts with members to chart a path forward on the SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance] program.”
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, both told The Hill today that writing a bill will be difficult.
“I’m continuing to poll my colleagues, both Rs and Ds, and doing the best I can,” Lucas told The Hill. “My next stop is a dentist appointment. This has been a trying week … at least the drilling there will lead to some relief.”
“That is about an even money thing. It’s a toss up,” King said. “If we can come to some consensus, leadership wants to get this done.”
* House Agriculture Committee member
The Hagstrom Report has obtained a list that contains 16 members including Cantor, although there have been rumors that the group includes more than 20 members.
Cantor’s office declined to release a list of members, but an aide said, “The leader is involved in a variety of outreach efforts with members to chart a path forward on the SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance] program.”
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, both told The Hill today that writing a bill will be difficult.
“I’m continuing to poll my colleagues, both Rs and Ds, and doing the best I can,” Lucas told The Hill. “My next stop is a dentist appointment. This has been a trying week … at least the drilling there will lead to some relief.”
“That is about an even money thing. It’s a toss up,” King said. “If we can come to some consensus, leadership wants to get this done.”
Nutrition bill working group members
- Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va.
- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla.
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.
- Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C.
- Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
- Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan.
- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio
- Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa
- Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa.
- Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D.
- Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y.
- Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-Pa.
- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La.
- Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla.
- Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind.
- Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind.
* House Agriculture Committee member
