kansas. >> lawrence was founded on a principle and it was founded in conflict. the folks that don't know about bleeding kansas, it was the beginning of the civil war, but it started before the civil war. and through the 1850s. and it drew a lot of people in on both sides of the flavor issue, it was decided whether congress would that says kansas would be proslavery or not. it was the headquarters of the free state movement. on saturday at noon on book tv we will hear from local authors as we learn about the history of lawns and then sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv we will take you to local historic sites and to the robert dole institute at the university of kansas to hear about the life of this long serving senator from the state. the cease and cities tour in cooperation with our cable partners around the country, exploring the american story. today, the house passed the

farm bill by a vote of 369-47. the senate passed the bill yesterday and now it has to the white house for the president's signature. we spoke to a capitol hill boater about the bill. joining us as political food and agriculture reporter catherine boudreau. how do they resolve the issue and what issues did they have to resolve to get to the floor for final passage? >> big will cost $67 billion over the past decade. and some of them sought to resolve the federal assistance program which is known as food stamps. as well as policy governor farm subsidies and and emerged as a last-minute hurdle, due to the california wildfires just recently. >> what are the issues that you

have been writing about is the supplemental nutrition assistance program and in particular how paul ryan is selling his food stamp laws. in other words, they didn't get the work requirement system that members of the house and senate wanted in their. why didn't that make it in the final bill? this was a very politically contentious issue, especially in the center. democrats were very opposed to imposing stricter work requirements on millions of participants in the food stamp program. so, they wanted to reach a compromise that would make it through the senate. there is a 60-boat threshold in the senate to get through. so you need to pick up some democrats. that is essentially why house republicans kind of had to give up their efforts to impose stricter work requirements, and then eligibility criteria for snap and also invest billions of dollars into state mandatory education and training programs, all of that didn't

end up in the final bill. there are some investments in education and job training but it is not as significant as the house republican plan at proposed. and there are some provisions that house republicans are calling program integrity changes, but this is all minor compared to what the house had originally proposed. >> it's been a long road for the farm bill in the house and senate, who are some of the key representatives and senators along the way that shepherded this bill to final passage in the senate this week and today, final debate in the house? >> basically cameron part pat rogers from kansas and also ranking mentor to be stepping out from michigan and on the house side house agriculture mike conway of texas and ranking member collin peterson of minnesota. before them essentially did many closed-door meetings to work out the details with her

staff. this was over a series of months. the house had unveiled its original plan way back in april, so this has been an 8- month assets. but the farm bill did expire on october 1, so the pressure is on to get it done before the end of the year. >> one of those contraries for the farm bill was the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. and he tweeted this just before the 87-13 passage in the senate, making it official with my hemp pen, proud to have served as a contrary on the farm bill and the fight for kentucky priorities with today's significance. explain that to us and why it has been such a priority for mitch mcconnell. >> majority leader mitch mcconnell sees this as an economic opportunity for -- kentucky. hemp is currently on the list of -- the federalist of the controlled substances, so he wants that to be removed and

that's essentially what the farm bill would do. and this would pave the way for it to be legalized at the federal level. right now some states have legalized it, the cultivation of hemp, but it is federally illegal. so he wants to make sure that it is updated and that will pave the way for cultivation of hemp and to sell it on the marketplace in the united states. >> our viewers and readers can read more about article culture issues and more catherine boudreau is food and agriculture reporter and she is on twitter. thanks so much for the update. >> thank you. when the new congress takes office in january it will have the youngest most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders, watch it live on c-span starting january 3. c-span, where history unfolds daily.

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