Articles by Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2015 - Senate Democrats blocked a long-awaited Republican attempt to force the Obama administration to replace its rule re-defining the waters of the United States (WOTUS) that are regulated by the Clean Water Act.

Supermarkets, convenience stores and pizza chains are mounting a new effort to get some relief from the FDAs new menu labeling regulations.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is making it clear that he won�t take up a broad immigration reform bill while President Obama is still in office. �If we try to move in a comprehensive way with a president who�s proven that he wants to go it alo

Grain traders are worried that the Obama administrations review of U.S. biotech regulations is failing to take into account the need to coordinate the rules with Japan, South Korea and other key trading partners.

Multistate outbreaks account for more than half of the deaths from foodborne illnesses though they account for just 3 percent of the total outbreaks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Senate Democrats blocked a bill aimed at forcing the Obama administration to replace its Clean Water Act rule, but Republicans quickly advanced a disapproval resolution that would simply kill the rule.

Senate Republicans are forcing a debate over the Obama administrationPs Clean Water Act rule this week, while the House could debate raising truck weight limits, another priority for agricul-ture, as part of a long-term highway funding bill.

The Senate is set to debate a pair of measures to strike down the Obama administrations new Clean Water Act rule re-defining the "waters of the United States" that the law regulates.

The crop insurance industry narrowly averted a $3 billion cut when House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway struck a deal with Republican leaders shortly before a final vote on a two-year budget bill.

The Senate could vote as early as next week on a resolution killing the Obama administrationps new rule re-defining what ditches, wetlands and other areas are regulated by the Clean Water Act.