AUSTIN, Texas — House Republicans are gearing up for their next fight — the farm bill. From food stamps, to conservation issues, it's a huge piece of legislation that needs to be updated by Congress about every five years.

While it influences everything about agriculture production, influencing enough lawmakers to pass it remains in limbo.

Democrats are against rolling back eligibility and imposing strict work requirements for people receiving help from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

“In all of the bills that I’ve seen here, I’ve never seen a situation where the partisanship and the attempt to force through a partisan bill was so far-reaching that Democrats basically decided it’s not even worth trying to fix this.” Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, said. “We’re not offering an amendment.”

Texas Republican and Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway and other Republicans argue the change would result in less government help and more self-sufficiency.

But Doggett said it would mean fewer Texans getting needed assistance.

“And we believe that if that if this bill passes, about 125,000 Texans will lose the support they get currently from SNAP,” Doggett said.

Nearly four million Texans rely on SNAP.

Last month alone, more than 100,000 Travis County recipients received SNAP benefits, according to state records. In Bexar County, that number was close to 300,000, half of which went to children.

In order to get SNAP benefits currently, able-bodied Texans ages 18 to 59 must work part-time or agree to take a job if offered. The proposed rules would require those individuals to work at least 20 hours per week regularly within a month of joining the program. Otherwise, they risk being booted from SNAP for a year.

If thousands of Texans are forced out of the program, there's a concern that more families will look to food pantries to help fill a gap.

“For every meal our food bank provides, SNAP provides 12. So it is definitely a program that our clients depend on,” said Kathy Green of the Central Texas Food Bank. “And that’s even more prevalent in our rural areas. We have a lot of people who depend on SNAP in our rural counties and not as many food pantries available and not as many jobs available.”

Click the link above to watch our full interview with Green.