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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 08, 2025
President Obama said he is directing EPA and the Transportation Department to develop the next phase of fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles by March 2016.
The House Agriculture Committee today approved legislation (H.R. 4413), by voice vote, that would reauthorize the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission and seek to provide reforms to protect against market failures.
Lawmakers will focus this week on discussions about the fiscal year 2015 budget, tax reform, EPA, and nominees for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The head of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) told a Congressional panel yesterday that the department plans to have the backlog of pending petitions for biotechnology products reduced by half within a year.
The House Budget Committee approved, on a 22-16 party-line vote, a fiscal year 2015 budget proposal late Wednesday that aims to reduce federal spending by $5.1 trillion over 10 years and includes spending cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and mandatory agricultural outlay
The Senate Finance Committee approved, by voice vote, legislation Thursday to renew various expired tax provisions, known as “tax extenders,†and to provide assistance for biodiesel, cellulosic biofuel and other renewable fuels.
Just days after flying on Air Force One to witness President Obama sign the farm bill at her alma mater, Michigan State University, Senator Debbie Stabenow traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona, to celebrate the hard-fought victories that led to final passage and a significant expansion of crop insurance
Even as House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has seemingly pulled the rug out from under any chance of immigration reform being approved this year, agricultural stakeholders are continuing to
The House is keeping up its aggressive schedule this week through a series of hearings to debate the administration’s fiscal year 2015 budget request for governmental agencies, including USDA and EPA