remember this? read my lips. no more taxes. martha: however, this could also be seen, potentially, as a promises kept moment for the president. remember, months ago, he said i will not sign another funding bill unless the wall is part of it. president trump: i say to congress, i will never sign another bill like this again, i m not going to do it again. martha: house freedom caucus mark meadows joins me now. busy night, obviously, for all of you. where does that stand? to get through the house, it is very unlikely that it will get through the senate, then what? i think the president has made a very reasonable offer to the senate. we spend more money on sugar subsidies and then we border security right now. when you look at $5 billion in the scheme of things, it is a very reasonable request.
they have been unable to resist their sweet tooth for sugar subsidies. helping farmers to adjustable droughts, sugar subsidies are what americans pay for sugar. virginia fox of north carolina hopes for amendment to the farm bill will reform sugar subsidies once and for all. this is a soviet style program and it doesn t comport with what americans believe in. reporter: this would modernize sugar subsidies by removing limits to the mystic production and implement another market reforms. every few years when it comes up for refill renewal, it inches closer to passage. this week it is closer than ever. last time we voted on the farm bill, only 7 votes it failed. the trouble is the farm bill is almost unanimously opposed by
like other price supports that help farmers to the dust bowl droughts sugar subsidies artificially virginia foxx hopes the amendment will reform sugar subsidies. as my colleague has said, this is a soviet style program. it just doesn t comport with white americans believe in. her amendment would modernize sugar subsidies by remove it limits to subsidies. every five years when the farm bill comes up for renewal, reforming subsidies inches closer to passage. this week, it s closer than ever. the last time we voted on the farmville, it failed by basically only seven votes. the trouble is that the farmville is a most unanimously opposed by democrats not because of the amendment will because republicans have include work requirement for snap.
on that front as well. shannon: there are millions and millions of u.s. taxpayer dollars involved so it sounds like it does warn congressional investigation. please let us know if that launches, with the track is and what you find. thanks for coming into may. the trump administration and a chinese delegation launch a new round of trade talks tomorrow ahead of a june deadline. there are signs the white house may be something its position on tariffs tonight amid reports of a reduced role for the most outspoken trade nationalist in the white house. peter navarro. we are expecting a vote in the house friday on the controversial farmville. democrats oppose it because i work requirements of food stamp recipients and now some republicans are upset over a proposal to change the way the government deals with the sugar industry. doug mckelway tells us what is at stake. doctors no sugar is addictive to the human brain and apparently took congress. for years, legislators have been unable to re
which wants to repeal the sugar subsidies tells congress that inflated sugar prices cost sugar-dependant businesses like candy makers and confectioners jobs. how in a year 2015 when we re looking for resources to support defense, education, transportation, can we continue to justify a subsidy that s helping 18,000 people. the pro sugar american sugar alliance tells fox news it welcomed ending the federal program just as long as every other country does the same. until that happens, if and when it does. the challenge facing rubio from conservative critics on the right is how to protect the florida sugar jobs without appearing to be big sugars, sugar daddy. brett? phil keating in miami, thank you. still ahead. turning your gasoline savings into new wheels. more from our series about the upside to cheap oil. first, i ll get the latest on the primary campaigns with political reporters on the ground in iowa.