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Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, voted late last night to advance the bipartisan, five-year Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (H.R. 1947), better known as the Farm Bill, out of the House Agriculture Committee and to the House floor for consideration by the full chamber. Last year, Congress failed to pass a five-year Farm Bill, so instead a short-term extension was passed which expires this September.