Bogged down

No hopeful words of a breakthrough on the farm bill yet, despite amped up lobbying efforts by many in the agriculture industry to press the Senate to finish their work.

From Reuters this afternoon:

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will call on Wednesday for a Senate vote to limit debate on the $286-billion farm bill, an aide said, in hopes of passing the deadlocked agriculture bill this year.

That means senators would vote on Friday on whether to limit debate to 30 hours on the wide-ranging bill, an aide to the Nevada Democrat said.