cuts should be pushed back until Congress considers a new five-year farm bill next year. Democrats said the cuts to food aid were reckless and that farm subsidies should be trimmed instead. "The Republican bill is harmful, ineffective and plays politics with our children's health," said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. Critics of farm subsidies did score one victory: The House voted to block a $147 million annual payment to Brazil's cotton industry. The United States agreed to make that payment last year after Brazil's industry complained to the World Trade Organization that Washington unfairly was subsidizing U.S. cotton farmers. The United States lost the WTO case and agreed to make the payments to Brazil as a settlement. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., who is a frequent critic of domestic farm subsidies, offered the amendment, saying the U.S. should lower domestic cotton subsidies to comply with the WTO instead of paying the settlement to Brazil. Kind was joined by fiscal conservatives who agreed the Brazil payment is wasteful. "Let's end this nonsense of stacking subsidy program on top of subsidy program to blackmail other governments," Kind said. In addition to making spending cuts, Republicans in the House used the legislation to express dissatisfaction with a number of Obama administration policies, including healthier eating initiatives championed by first lady Michelle Obama as part of her "Let's Move" campaign: The bill: — Directs the Agriculture Department to rewrite rules it issued in January meant to make school meals healthier. Republicans say the new rules, the first major overhaul of school lunches in 15 years, are too costly. — Forces USDA to report to Congress every time officials travel to promote the department's "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" program, which supports locally grown food, and discourages the department from giving research grants to support local food systems. Large agribusiness has been critical of the department's focus on these smaller food producers. — Prevents USDA from moving forward with new rules that would make it easier for smaller farmers and ranchers to sue large livestock companies on antitrust grounds. The proposed rules are meant to address the growing concentration of corporate power in agriculture. — Delays for more than a year new rules f