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During a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing Tuesday, lawmakers heard testimony from panelists who ardently disagreed over whether the EPA°s Clean Power Plan (CPP) would or would not lead to a regressive °tax° on energy consumers.

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Agriculture Departments marketing order system by ruling that the agency must compensate farmers who are forced to turn over their crops in order to avoid oversupplies. At issue is the marketing order for raisins that props up prices by r

The trade promotion bill cleared its last major hurdle as the Senate agreed, xx-xx, to advance the legislation to a final congressional vote. In a key victory for President Obama, 13 Democrats joined Republicans in voting for cloture on the Trade Promotion Authority bi

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says that after reviewing the latest available scientific literature, it has classified the herbicide 2,4-D as possibly carcinogenic to humans, based on limited evidence in experimental animals.

The fast-track trade bill got a key boost with a top Senate Democrats announcement that he would support advancing the measure to a final congressional vote. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has set a cloture vote on the Trade Promotion Authority

Senate Republicans will look to send the fast-track trade bill to President Obama this week, while the House debates a spending measure that would block a wide array of environmental regulations.

A bill that would clear the way for President Obama to wrap up a 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal could be headed to his desk by the end of next week after bipartisan talks broke a House impasse. The House approved the Trade Promotion Authority bill, 208-18, on Thursday followi

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad reached out to President Barack Obama to request a major disaster declaration for four counties in his state facing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) dealing with 33 million infected birds and growing unemployment.

House Agriculture Committee chair Mike Conaway, R-Texas, has announced Trent Kelly, R-Miss., the winner of a recent special election, as the newest member of the panel.