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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Iowa Rep. Steve King, who represents one of the most agriculturally intensive districts in the nation, is being stripped of his House committee assignments, including senior positions on the Agriculture and Judiciary panels, as punishment for his latest racially insensitive comments.
President Donald Trump waded into the Western water wars Friday, giving a boost to embattled Republican congressmen with a presidential memorandum containing deadlines for federal regulators to finish evaluating the environmental impacts of major water projects in California and the Pacific Northwest.
Agriculture, food, forestry and renewable energy political action committee donations in the 2018 election cycle remains skewed heavily in favor of the Republican Party, but in the Senate, two incumbent Democrats are reaping the most contributions.
House Republican leaders have bought some time to sort out the internal GOP feud over immigration policy before they try a second time to pass their farm bill.
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2017 – Congress is set to approve a fiscal 2017 budget agreement this week, while the Trump administration is moving to soften key school nutrition standards.