of Representatives on July 10, 2013 by Lucas. On July 11, 2013, the House voted to pass the bill 216–208, after several failed attempts were made to delay or amend the bill. The United States Senate received the bill on July 16, 2013. On July 18, 2013, the Senate voted to amend the bill by replacing most of it with language from their proposed farm bill, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. The amended bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent on July 18, 2013 and the Senate requested a conference with the House on the bill. The Senate selected Senators Stabenow, Leahy, Harkin, Baucus, Brown, Klobuchar, Bennet, Cochran, Chambliss, Roberts, Boozman, and Hoeven as their conferees. Conference committee Eventually, on October 12, 2013, the House agreed to a conference on the bill and conferees were chosen: Steve Southerland (R-FL) Marcia Fudge (D-OH) Dave Camp (R-OH) Sam Johnson (R-TX) Sander Levin (D-Mich.) Ed Royce (R-CA) Tom Marino (R-PA.) Eliot Engel (D-NY) Frank Lucas (R-OK) Steve King (R-IA) Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Michael D. Rogers (R-Ala.) Mike Conaway (R-TX) Glenn Thompson (R-PA) Austin Scott (R-GA) Rick Crawford (R-AR) Martha Roby (R-Ala.) Kristi Noem (R-SD) Jeff Denham (R-CA) Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) Collin Peterson (D-MN) Mike McIntyre (D-NC) Jim Costa (D-CA) Tim Walz (D-MN) Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) Jim McGovern (D-MA) Suzan DelBene (D-WA) Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA) Filemon Vela Jr. (D-TX) On January 27, 2014, the Conference Committee report was released. On January 29, 2014, the House voted 251-166 to pass the bill. In the House, a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the bill (163-62) and the Democrats split almost evenly (89-103). The Senate then voted 68–32 on February 4, 2014, to approve the full five-year farm bill, sending it to President Barack Obama to be signed into law. Debate and discussion Senator Debbie Stabenow argued in favor of the Senate bill because it both reduced the deficit and supported "16 million people who depend on agriculture for their jobs". The Senate bill was opposed by groups focusing on hunger due to its reduction in spending on food stamps. It was also criticized by groups such as the Heritage Foundation for including a system of crop insurance that were less about helping farmers in the event of a true disaster and more of an income support system. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) criticized the Senate bill for containing a catfish