Articles by Derrick Cain

The House is expected to take up its five-year farm bill as early as Tuesday, on the heels of a relatively uneventful two-week debate in the Senate on its farm bill.

The House Rules Committee will continue its discussion Tuesday on setting a rule for floor debate on the five-year farm bill (H.R. 1947), after sifting through at least 227 filed amendments.

The House Appropriations Committee approved Thursday its fiscal year 2014 agriculture appropriations bill that would reduce about $1.3 billion in discretionary funding

The Senate approved its five-year farm bill (S. 954) today with a strong bipartisan 66-27 vote, ending the two-week debate and

The Senate is expected to vote and approve its five-year farm bill (S.954) Monday night

The Senate will vote Monday night on final passage of the five-year farm bill (S.954), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced today.

The House Judiciary Committee voted today to amend the farm bill (H.R. 1947) to place the Dairy Market Stabilization Program and new conservation programs under the purview of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

Sen. Harry Reid files cloture on farm bill in attempt to limit amendments and move to final passage

The Senate will kick off the week today by continuing consideration of its five-year farm bill (S.954) with an array of amendments.

The announcement that Smithfield Foods, the largest U.S. pork producer, is poised to be purchased by Chinese meat processing company Shuanghui International was met Tuesday with skepticism from two U.S. lawmakers.