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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, March 08, 2025
The road to re-election as the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee looks unclear for Georgia Rep. David Scott, as many members of the panel indicate their support for other candidates.
Democrats on the House Ag Committee are starting to line up behind the candidates seeking to be the panel’s ranking member. Reps. Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., are challenging Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., for the minority’s top spot.
The 2024 election is six days away. Several House districts that are represented by Ag Committee members or have significant agricultural production could be key to determining control of the chamber.
Republican dominance of farm country has neared the point where only a handful of major agricultural districts are in play in this fall’s elections, but the GOP hold on the House is so tenuous that races for those seats could potentially determine which party wins control of the chamber.
The House Agriculture Committee's farm bill may not get a floor vote until September at the earliest due to the appropriations process that is expected to dominate the chamber's work this summer, Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., told Agri-Pulse Thursday during a break in the committee's debate over the legislation.
The House Agriculture Committee is set to debate its Republican farm bill, starting at 11 a.m. EDT. The big question isn’t whether the committee will approve the bill. Republicans should have the votes on their side to do that. The question is how many Democratic votes Republicans can get.
One of the most vulnerable Democrats on the House Ag Committee is showing little sign that she’ll back the GOP farm bill the panel will consider next week.
Passage of a new farm bill this year remains a long shot, but the House Agriculture Committee’s planned markup of a bill on May 23 could help some vulnerable Republicans while putting pressure on a handful of Democrats who are in close re-election races.
