historic sites and to the robert dole institute and university in kansas to hear about the life of the logs every server. ,he c-span cities tour exploring the american story. with a 386-47 vote in the house, congress has passed a five year farm bill that now goes to the white house for the president's signature. for details on the bill, we talked to a capitol hill. hillion reporter -- reporter. >> joining us is a politico reporter. how does this resolve the issues and what issues doesn't resolve? cost $867 billion over one decade.

one major hurdle lawmakers had to resolve was supplemental nutrition assistance program, formerly known as food stamps, as well as a policy governing farm subsidies and conservation. -- for street -- for street forestry emerged as a last-minute issue as well because of the california wildfires. saying, in you particular, how paul ryan is selling his foodstamp loss. in other words, they did not get the work requirement others wanted. why did that not make it into the final bill? politicallya very contentious issue, especially in the senate. democrats are very opposed to imposing strict work requirements on's millions of participants in snap -- set -- sap. but couldd to go to

make it through in the senate. to pick up some democrats, so that is essentially white house public in have taken up the effort to impose stricter work requirements and eligibility and also invest billions of dollars into mandatory education and training programs. all of that will end up in the final bill. there are some investments in education and job training, but it is is not nearly as significant as the house republican plan had proposed. are some provisions the house republicans are calling program integrity changes, but this is all very minor compared to what the house had proposed. who are some of the key representatives and senators? today, a final debate in the

house. >> the leaders in the senate is the agriculture chairman roberts and from michigan. and on the house side, mike conaway of texas and ranking member collin peterson for minnesota. ,he four of them, essentially made a closed-door meetings to work out the details with their staff over a series of months. but the house had unveiled its original plan way back in april, so this has been an eight-month process. the farm bill did expire on october 1, so the pressure is on to get it done. >> one of those conferees was the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who tweeted this before the passage. pen,g it official with my proud served as a contrary to fight for kentucky priorities. with today's signature, my to legalize industrial hemp is one step closer to reality.

explain that to us and why is been a priority. >> mitch mcconnell sees this as an economic opportunity for kentucky. mp is currently on the federal list of controlled substances. he wants that to be removed and that is essentially what the farm bill would do. it paves the way for it to be legalized at the federal level. right now, some states have legalized it, but it is federally illegal, so we want to make sure that is listed and it will pave the way for cultivation of him on the marketplace. >> viewers and readers can read more about agricultural issues. you are the food and culture reporter for politico.com. thanks much for the update. >> thank you. >> here's the debate in the house on the farm bill.