with us is liz crampton.

liz crampton follows the debate on agriculture and food for politico pro. z_cramptonat li washington journal continues. tim ryan isssman back at our desk, a democrat representing ohio's 13th district. i want to begin with last week's primaries in the buckeye state, seven other states having primaries in the last eight days. since then, what are you taking from the results, anything we should read into election 2018? guest: we saw a lot in ohio, women winning. a good majority of the races in ohio we had women coming out of democratic primaries will be running for congress, which i think is a great thing. i think we saw a little bit of that last night as well in pennsylvania. things are starting to firm up for the fall. should be an exciting few months. host: is ohio still a purple state? guest: no question about it. what is happening in washington, d.c., we have a lot of corruption scandals in the state of ohio, a huge republican primary that got pretty agree, a lot of people running away from john kasich command dragging him through the mud in the primary,

. >> liz crampton follows the debate on agriculture and food for politico pro. tweet her at liz_crampton. thank you for joining us. >> thursday on the c-span networks, live coverage of the house on c-span at 10:00 a.m. for general speeches, and new for more work on the farm bill. on c-span2 at 8:00 a.m., congressional leaders speak at a legislative conference hosted by lobbying firm baker hostetler. then the senate returns to debate a budget bill sponsored by senator rand paul. come a senate hearing on medical research and the national institutes of health budget. at 1:00 eastern, linda mcmahon, administrator of the small best -- small business administration, at the national press club. >> this weekend, book tv will have live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg looks festival in maryland. starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with talk radio host bill president and his book "from the left: a life in the crossfire." the national institute of mental health, and her book. psychiatrist -- a psychiatrist as well. former attorney and mary ackerman, author of

with us is liz crampton. farm billaking up the this week tell us some of the key details. >> the farm bill addresses a range of issues from commodities issuep subsidies but the that takes up most of the funding is the supplemental nutrition assistance program or food stamps. >> one of the sticking points is the food stamp program or snap. can you tell us more about that. is: so mike conaway proposing to make changes to the food stamp program. most significantly he wants to ask and work requirements for able bodied adults. it has enraged democrats. they say it is too harsh. they walked away from the farm bill current conway has to rely on republicans to get the bill done but not all republicans get on board. they may have to walk it back. >> we heard in the agriculture committee bill, which passed on a partyline that all democrats plan to oppose the bill. your article, house freedom caucus debates is killing immigration, what is the status of support of the bill overall? liz: right now it does not appeal that

. >> liz crampton follows the debate on agriculture and food for politico pro. tweet her at liz_crampton. thank you for joining us. >> thursday on the c-span networks, live coverage of the house on c-span at 10:00 a.m. for general speeches, and new for more work on the farm bill. on c-span2 at 8:00 a.m., congressional leaders speak at a legislative conference hosted by lobbying firm baker hostetler. then the senate returns to debate a budget bill sponsored by senator rand paul. come a senate hearing on medical research and the national institutes of health budget. at 1:00 eastern, linda mcmahon, administrator of the small best -- small

with us is liz crampton, agriculture and food reporter with politico. of the key details of the bill, how long the and funding is for, and what is the current deadline for extending these programs? >> so, the house is gearing up to consider this farm bill. congress is staring down a september 30 deadline. the farm bill addresses a range of policy issues from commodities to crop subsidies, to conservation. of course, the issue that gets the most attention and what takes up most of the funding is the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or food stamps. of the particular sticking points is the food stamp program, or snap. tell us more about that. chairman conway is proposing to make some changes to the food stamp program, most significantly, he wants to expand work requirements for recipients known as able-bodied adults without dependence. that proposal has enraged democrats and say it is too harsh and they have walked away from the bill. conway has tot rely on republicans to get the bill done, but not all republican support those changes , and there