GOP sends curt message to wary major groups: Get on board or get lost

Republican staffers on the House Agriculture Committee are warning industry groups to either rally behind the committee’s slashing of $300 billion in nutrition spending – or risk getting shut out entirely, according to a new report in Politico.

That was the message from the House committee’s policy director, Trevor White, who sent an email Tuesday urging agricultural lobbying groups to publicly support the GOP’s sweeping bill, or risk the possibility of receiving none of the $60 billion in farming investments tied to the legislation...