Clarification I think is needed. This was only a vote to move the bill forward, it has not been voted on to pass. This is the time to put the pressure on to Democrats to push for the items that the American people want, and push back on special interests (specifically oil companies).

Getting this through cloture allows Democrats to publically debate and fight. Not doing so leaves it in the back room and obfuscates the Trump/MAGA agenda. The next hurdle is to get this out of debate - Senate procedure typically requires a 60-vote cloture vote to end debate on the bill itself before the final passage vote. The fillabuster gives Democrats a mechanism to keep this from going to vote that only needs a simple majority.

Food assistance in the current state is problematic. It reinforces a tiered system for a basic right - sustanance. Better to transition farm subsidies and existing food subsidies so they are tied to an affordable, safe, nutritious, and responsible food system.

1. Cash cropping: minimize subsidies for production based on non-food manufactured goods to drive food incentives.
2. Food assistance: increase existing food subsidies and add in food assistance budget with targets on affordable crops to drive food prices down
3. Imports: increase tax credits for retailers that source target percentage of local products (within state/region) to reduce transport and tarrifs that increase food costs.
4. Packaged goods: extend tax credits to producters that source local, use renewable energy, and direct marketing dollars to healthy eating and purchases over branding spend on stadiums and entertainment.
5. Cross-border: strengthen food trades under an umbrella food program and policy to extend food security and affordability within the zone - e.g. US, Mexico, Canada - allowing for flattening of costs and pricing.
6. Regulations: enforce and improve consistent food safety that drives corporate behavior and investment to mitigate pathogens and promotes responsible farming and husbandry creating a single tier over typical commercial farming, organic, non-gmo systems.

Treat food like health care.