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Johnson faces brewing GOP rebellion after farm aid deal collapses

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House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson (R- Pa. ) says he will oppose any spending measure that leaves out the billions in extra aid farm state Republicans were seeking for farmers.

Speaker Mike Johnson's team has been exploring other options to add the farm aid into the next stopgap spending bill, but Democrats are demanding their own additions in return.

Republicans in agriculture-heavy states and some Democrats have warned about a crippling economic crisis hitting rural America .