In an effort to drum up support among hard-line conservatives for the U.S. House version of a farm bill, Republican leaders first plan floor votes on two immigration bills, Successful Farming reported. “The electoral circuitry to revive the Republican-written House farm bill this week looks like the mechanism of a Rube Goldberg machine,” according to Successful Farming. Republicans are using the farm bill as a patch to changing welfare by requiring 7 million or more “work capable” adults ages 18 to 59 to work at least 20 hours a week or spend equivalent time in job training or workfare to qualify for food stamps. At the same time, the bill would loosen farm subsidy rules by making cousins, nieces and nephews eligible for subsidies and remove payment limits on some types of corporate farms.