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It’s a packed day on Capitol Hill: The House Agriculture Committee is examining the always-thorny issue of helping Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients find work and the Senate Ag Committee holds a confirmation hearing for two important nominees.

The Senate early Saturday advanced a budget framework for sweeping tax and spending cuts after debating Democratic amendments on tariffs, Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 

There is continued handwringing on Capitol Hill over the president’s vast new duties on U.S. trade partners. Senators have launched a bipartisan bid to claw back some congressional oversight of U.S. trade policy less than 24 hours after the “Liberation Day” announcement.

Just hours after President Trump announced sweeping new duties on U.S. trade partners, multiple senators from his own party sided with Democrats to rebuke his trade policy.

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service officials will be discussing the bird flu outbreak with state officials and industry stakeholders today. The call comes after Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins told Breitbart.com that vaccines were “off the table,” leading to questions about whether vaccination would still be part of the administration’s bird flu strategy.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday that the president is willing to consider additional tariff exclusions, after announcing a temporary carve-out for automobiles from Canada and Mexico.

Manufacturers and distributors of agricultural inputs tell Agri-Pulse they're already thinking about how to mitigate added costs from tariffs and bracing for difficult conversations with suppliers.

President Donald Trump professed his “love” for American farmers in an address to Congress Tuesday night, saying that the widespread tariffs he is imposing would allow them to out-compete foreign imports.

New U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to raise duties on China.