Yesterday, Representatives McGovern, DeLauro, Woolsey, Lee and Solis delivered a letter to Agriculture Committee Chairman Colin Peterson calling for permanent increases in the nutrition title in the Farm Bill. 153 Democrats signed the letter.

Go here to view the letter.

The Hill has also covered the issue.

House liberals are threatening to withhold their support of a carefully negotiated farm bill if it doesn’t make hikes in anti-hunger programs permanent.

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It could make negotiators’ work trickier, as the Bush administration has already threatened to veto the bill because of the tax change House negotiators used to fund the increase in anti-hunger programs sought by liberals. Moving the farm bill this year is a top priority for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who wants to protect vulnerable Democrats who represent rural and more conservative districts.

Read the whole thing here.