Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, today wrote a farm bill motion to proceed to highlight several issues but then decided not to offer it on the House floor, a spokesman told The Hagstrom Report late today.

The motion to proceed would have covered the “need for a strong energy title to be included in the final farm bill” and “the importance to the future of the farm bill that the agriculture and nutrition reauthorizations remain linked,” the spokesman said.

“After proposing the motion and speaking with his colleagues on the farm bill conference committee, Congressman Loebsack feels assured that strong work is being done regarding the energy title and keeping the agriculture and nutrition portions together and decided it was no longer necessary to pursue this route, but will continue to fight for the inclusion of these job creating initiatives,” the spokesman concluded.