Pictured above are the groups who signed onto yesterday's letter The Taxpayers Protection Alliance has been following all developments on the Farm Bill with the Senate passing their version in a process designed to nearly eliminate any opportunity to ensure responsible reforms could be put in place to a nearly $1 trillion piece of legislation. The action on the Farm Bill has now moved over to the House side and while Speaker John Boehner had pressed his fellow Representatives to engage in an open and diligent process to improve on a bad bill saying, “If you have ideas on how to make the bill better, bring them forward. Let’s have the debate, and let’s vote on them.” Members responded by submitting 230 amendments to the Rules Committee, many in an effort to achieve the very reforms many taxpayer and free-market groups have been encouraging all throughout the process. Unfortunately, the Rules Committee accepted less than half the amendments filed, which is an outrage considering the cost of the bill relative to other pieces of legislation that have moved through Congress. Yesterday, led by Taxpayers for Commonsense, TPA joined with other free-market and taxpayer groups to voice their opposition to the disgusting process that has led us to the point where we have yet another Farm Bill desperately in need of reform. The letter calls for an open and constructive process by which members can adequately submit amendments that will benefit taxpayers, consumers, and the Agriculture Industry in an effort to ensure that the Farm Bill serves a purpose of making agriculture policy better, as opposed to jamming a bill through Congress without proper debate and opportunity for reform. Click read more to see the full letter