Articles by Philip Brasher

House appropriators are seeking to ensure the Obama administration doesn?t use environmental factors in writing the federal dietary guidelines for meat consumption. A draft fiscal 2016 appropriations bill for the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration includes a provision that woul

Trade Promotion Authority stalled, what next?

ARC, PLC prove big hit with corn, soybeans, wheat

GOP assault on Obama environmental policies heats up

This week promises more drama on trade as the fast-track trade bill sits in limbo in the House following President Obama's failure to persuade Democrats to support him on a critical vote.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Republicans are ?very committed? to enacting a fast-track trade bill, but wouldn?t tip his hand as to they would overcome Democratic resistance that stalled a section of the measure. ?We have made no decisions yet but there are options,? said McCarthy told

Agri-Pulse Audio Web Page Democrats dealt a stunning blow to President ObamaPs trade agenda by stalling a fast-track bill from passing the House despite his last-minute trip to Capitol Hill to appeal for support. Republican leaders immediately said they would try again

Agri-Pulse Audio Web Page The fast-track trade bill cleared a key hurdle as the House narrowly approved a rule that sets up final votes on the actual legislation Friday. The rule was approved 217-212, with the help of eight Democrats who helped overcome the defection of 34 con

House Republican leaders are setting up a showdown votes Friday on the fast-track trade bill that the Obama administration says will clear the way for wrapping up negotiations on the Pacific Rim agreement. The House is expected to vote on the Senate-passed Trade Promotion Authority bil

Senate Republicans advanced a Republican bill to kill the Obama administrationðs Clean Water Act rule and set sweeping restrictions on what streams and wetlands the federal government can regulate. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee split along party lines in approving the