Articles by Derrick Cain

The Senate narrowly approved a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution, S.Con.Res. 8, early this morning on a largely partisan 50-49 vote, representing the first time in four years the chamber has approved a budget.

After Congress completed work on the continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown and furlough of FSIS inspectors, President Obama is set to sign it into law.

The Senate approves first budget in four years containing several non-binding ag-related provisions

The House approved today, with a 221-207 party-line vote, its fiscal year 2014 budget bill (H.Con.Res. 25) that would reduce deficits by $4.6 trillion over the next 10 years by making major cuts to many domestic programs.

The Senate approves a bill that would avoid a government shutdown and subsequent shutdown of the federal goverment.

The week is set to start with quite a bang today as the Agriculture Council of America kicks off the 40th anniversary of National Ag Day offering an array of informative panel discussions, mingling events, and high-profile visibility with top agricultural stakeholders.

Senate Budget Committee released a fiscal year 2014 budget proposal Wednesday that aims to reduce the deficit by more than $4 trillion in 10 years and provide a long-term spending guideline for the Agriculture Department.

Senate debate on a $982 billion spending package to fund federal departments, including the Agriculture Department, through fiscal year 2013 essentially stalled out today

The American Soybean Association (ASA) unveiled Monday a revised policy position on the farm bill that includes support for updating and extending the Agriculture Department’s current Counter-Cyclical Program (CCP) while withdrawing support for the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program.

President Obama will continue his charm offensive this week as he visits with lawmakers in the Capitol for an unprecedented three consecutive days in an attempt to settle numerous budget-related issues.