farm bloc

Cultural  

1. A group of both Democratic and Republican members of Congress from the farming states of the Middle West that pressures the federal government to adopt policies favorable to farmers.

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Example Sentences

The economics professor has drawn ominous rumblings of displeasure from the farm bloc in Congress, and Nixon is counting on him to deal forcefully with other interest groups on potentially explosive labor and trade matters.

From Time Magazine Archive

The farm bloc has fixed the crop-loan law so that farmers can unload their wheat on the Government at $1.14 a bushel v.

From Time Magazine Archive

To give them a clear hand, President Roosevelt had vetoed a bill�shoved through Congress by the farm bloc �which would have set up an independent agency to make synthetic rubber from agricultural and forest products.

From Time Magazine Archive

The farm bloc rightly contends that U.S. agricultural products are a bargain when compared with those of some European countries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here we have the organization joining with the farm bloc in declaring the legislature to be its own master.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)