as of june 24, 2013, the united states house of representatives had not considered the agriculture reform, food, and jobs act of 2013 or added it to a calendar. on june 20, 2013, senator michael bennet (d-co) urged the house to take up consideration of the bill, speaking from the senate floor. the senator argued that because the senate bill had received the support of many republicans and cut spending, the house should have no objections to passing it as well. the bill was not put on the majority leader's calendar for the week of june 24.