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Members of the United Fresh Produce Association are in Washington this week looking to press Congress for action on a handful of key policy issues.

House Democrats pushed through a $3.5 trillion budget resolution after moderates reached a deal promising them a vote by Sept. 27 on the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill.

House Democrats are setting aside the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill this week to take up a $3.5 trillion budget resolution needed to move President Joe Biden's domestic spending priorities and climate policy.

Some moderate Democrats in the sharply divided House are raising concerns about a planned $3.5 trillion reconciliation package and don’t want its passage tied to the fate of a bipartisan infrastructure bill.

A massive bipartisan infrastructure bill the Senate is debating this week would make a historic $65 billion investment in expanding high-speed internet, but the bulk of the funding would be routed through states, and rural broadband advocates want to see the Agriculture Department play a bigger role in distributing the funding.

The Senate debates its bipartisan infrastructure bill this week in hopes of sending the legislation off to the House before senators start their August recess.

The Senate faces a Wednesday deadline to vote on a bipartisan infrastructure package even as Democrats try to finalize a bigger $3.5 trillion package of climate provisions and domestic spending initiatives.

The White House is making the case that the bipartisan infrastructure agreement offers broad benefits to rural Americans and not just by expanding broadband, fixing roads and bridges and renovating locks and dams.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is making it increasingly clear that he’s going to make it a priority to challenge the market power of big food processors and ag input suppliers. How far he ultimately goes remains to be seen. But he’s getting plenty of encouragement from both sides of Capitol Hill.

President Joe Biden heads to Brussels for meetings this week with European Union for discussions likely to touch on ongoing trade disputes, while Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack heads to Capitol Hill to face questioning about his policy plans.