The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday rejected an amendment to the 2007 Farm Bill that would have eliminated many traditional farm subsidies.

The Fairness in Farm and Food Policy Amendment, submitted by Democratic Rep. Ron Kind of Wisconsin, failed on a vote of 117-309.

All of Iowa's delegation in the House, three Democrats and two Republicans, voted against the Kind amendment.

Democratic Presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich also voted no, but two other members of Congress seeking the presidency approved of the measure — Republican Reps. Ron Paul of Texas and Tom Tancredo of Colorado.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., did not vote.

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The House did not complete debate on the farm bill Thursday, and will reconvene on Friday morning to finish with the submitted amendments and hold a final vote.

Republicans rallied against the bill throughout Thursday's debate, accusing Democrats of attempting to pay for the bill with an unsuspected tax increase. Democrats argued that they are simply calling for closing a tax loophole that has allowed multi-national corporations to shelter themselves from taxes by locating their headquarters on Caribbean islands.