Articles by Philip Brasher

The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a fiscal 2017 spending bill that would block the Obama administration`s `waters of the United States` rule, curb work on greenhouse gas regulations and bar some endangered species protections.

Clean Water Act, California drought, Waters of the U.S., House Appropriations Committee, Interior-Environment bill, Army Corps of Engineers, Tom Vilsack, Pat Roberts, Debbie Stabenow, Chuck Conner, Jerry Moran, USDA Catfish Inspection

The Supreme Court earlier this year granted a stay of the Environmental Protection AgencyPs Clean Power Plan

Republicans are setting the stage for another fight over the Obama administrationPs Pwaters of the United StatesP (WOTUS) rule during budget negotiations with the White House later this year.

House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop says a final energy bill will have to include provisions to address the drought in California and other Western states. The House-passed legislation (S. 2012) includes provisions sponsored by Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif

Debbie Stabenow, Pat Roberts, John Hoeven, GMO labeling law, North Dakota, Corporate Farm Ban, WOTUS, House Appropriations Committee, Senate Appropriations Committee, Interior-Environment bill, Farm Credit Council, Secretary Tom Vilsack

The food and agriculture industry�s hopes for blocking Vermont�s first-in-the-nation GMO labeling requirements are hanging on Senate negotiations that suddenly became serious late last week.

Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee said they were making �good progress� toward an agreement on labeling biotech foods but still had several issues to resolve. Aides to the committee met until 10:30 p.m. Thursday and continue

There are signs of progress in the search for a congressional agreement on biotech labeling. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow and their aides met off the Senate floor yesterday to work through differences over a bill that would preempt state biotech

Energy-Water Spending Bill, Chairman Pete Sessions, USDA, FDA, House Appropriations Committee, Chairman Mike Conaway, SNAP, Hillary Clinton, Patty Judge, Chuck Grassley, Steve King, Narendra Modi, Marconi Gibson, Michelle Obama