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Republicans roll out text of farm bill without Democratic priorities

Senate Republicans unveiled the text of a sweeping five-year farm bill on Tuesday afternoon that omits Democrats’s stated top priority.  Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said in a statement that this legislation would “increase investments for rural communities and foster a more resilient agriculture sector.”  “I’m proud to put…