The House Agriculture Committee has given birth to a 600-page farm bill that Republican leaders seem to want nothing to do with. And just months from Election Day, it could prove to be a headache for House GOP leadership. The bipartisan bill, which united Democrats, hardened conservatives, farmers and food stamp reformers in committee, is unlikely to see a floor vote, more than a half-dozen sources said. Publicly, Speaker John Boehner has been coy about bringing the farm bill to the floor – it would be messy, aides say, pitting regional and ideological interests against each other in an election year. Officially, Boehner said “no decisions have been made” about if and when to bring it to the floor. Behind the scenes, the plan is far clearer. The committee’s product won’t see the light of day. Instead, Republicans are likely to try to extend the current farm policy that they’ve consistently decried as broken. And they won’t even do it this month, GOP aides say — they’ll likely wait until September. ((more) July 12, 2012 Politico