WASHINGTON _ Federal food aid recipients won't be faced with major new work requirements. And changes in forestry policy that made environmentalists furious are gone.
House Republicans gave up Thursday on trying to include those provisions in a massive farm policy bill, clearing the way for a vote in Congress next week.
The concessions will likely help draw Democratic votes to the bill in the House. Democrats indicated support would be more bipartisan and follow similar numbers on past farm bills, which tend to pass comfortably.
