Articles by Philip Brasher

A bipartisan agreement to end the years-long fight over school nutrition standards and expand summer feeding efforts is on what its authors hope is a fast track to becoming law. The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the five-year Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Ac

Senate Republicans failed to overcome the presidential veto of a measure to kill the Obama administration�s Clean Water Act rule, but they plan to keep pressing the issue. Democrats on Thursday blocked the Senate from moving to an override vote on the veto,. A 52

The Senate farm bill debates in 2012 and 2013 provide several clues as to how some of the major presidential candidates view issues such as crop insurance, conservation and biotechnology.

President Obama delivered an expected veto of a congressional resolution that would kill the administration@s @waters of the United States@ rule redefining the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.

The Senate Agriculture Committee begins moving long-awaited legislation this week

he U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the legality of the Obama administration@s efforts to allow some undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack applauded a Senate agreement on child nutrition programs, saying the bipartisan deal would @maintain our commitment to science-based nutrition standards. The bill, which would reauthorize nutrition programs for five years, would ease ru

A bipartisan Senate agreement to reauthorize child nutrition programs for five years is winning praise from health advocates despite easing standards for whole grains and sodium. The draft bill, which the Senate Agriculture Committee released on Monday, would lower the whole

A bipartisan Senate agreement on school meal standards would lower the whole grain requirement and delay for two years additional reductions in sodium limits. Another change in a child nutrition reauthorization bill that the Senate Agriculture Committee will consider next week also could resul

Congressional Republicans have set the stage for President Obama to issue an election-year veto to preserve his administration s Clean Water Act rule that is widely unpopular with farm groups. In a largely symbolic gesture, the House on Wednesday gave final congressional approval