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With significant Democratic backing, the Senate moved forward on legislation to fast-track new trade agreements that the Obama administration is negotiating with the Pacific Rim and the European Union. In a victory for the White House and Republicans, the Senate voted 65-33 on

The House Agriculture Committee approved a CFTC reauthorization bill that would roll back some Dodd-Frank regulations and seek to end a dispute with the European Union over U.S. rules, but the panelps top Democrat predicted the measure wouldnpt become law. The House b

USDA today announced $6.5 million in funding to help farmers and ranchers conserve billions of gallons of water and improve water quality in the Ogallala Aquifer region. Funding will be targeted to seven priority areas to support their primary water source and strengthen rural economie

Ten years after citrus greening was discovered in Florida in 2005, the citrus industry is ready to field test a potential solution.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., introduced legislation today that would provide USDA mandatory recall authority over contaminated meat and poultry, citing what her office called a pdevastating investigationp by PBSp Frontline of the American food safety

A Senate committee is gearing up to try to enact the first comprehensive energy bill since the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.

Republicans and Democrats reached agreement to clear the way for likely Senate passage of legislation to fast-track new trade agreements. One day after Democrats blocked debate on the bill, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid agreed to a GOP plan to allow a separate vote on a trade enfor

In a setback for President Obama, only one Democrat voted Tuesday to open debate on the trade bill that would set up the fast-track process for approving new trade agreements that the administration is negotiating.

Republicans have their work cut out for them trying to block the Obama administrations attempt to redefine the waters of the United States. The House voted 261-155 Tuesday evening to approve a bill that would kill the WOTUS rule.

Senate Republicans are preparing to move a series of bills that would make it harder for the Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) to enforce the Endangered Species Act (ESA) while giving states and local governments a much bigger role in determining protections.