Articles by Sara Wyant

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) announced its filing of a legal petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today

The U.S. Supreme Court convenes Monday and will face a number of high-profile cases, including whether or not to review an Appeals Court decision that said Congress exceeded its power when it passed a sweeping overhaul of our nation’s health care law in 2010.

After being stalled for years, President Barack Obama formally sent the legislation for three pending Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to Capitol Hill this afternoon.

Lawmakers have through Friday, Sept. 30, to pass a stopgap funding bill or the federal government will be headed for another shutdown. But before that deadline arrives, expect another round of finger-pointing between Democrats and Republicans

Senators Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, John Thune, R-SD, Dick Durbin, D-IL, and Richard Lugar, R-Ind. plan to introduce a comprehensive farm bill plan today

President Barack Obama plans to call for a new minimum tax rate on millionaires Monday, dubbed the “Buffett Rule” after Omaha, Neb., billionaire investor Warren Buffett, as part of his plan to create new jobs and rewrite the U.S. tax code.

Over 13% of those cuts, totalling $33 billion, would come from agriculture subsidies, payments, and programs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15—Rep. Michael Turner, Chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, took the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Obama Administration to task for moving ahead with approval for the LightSquared network, despite “significant” threats to national sec

Congress should enact a two-year moratorium on all discretionary, nonessential regulatory action that would have the effect of increasing the cost of agricultural production, according to the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC).

President Obama will continue to press Congress to pass the $447 billion “American Jobs Act” he outlined during a joint session of Congress last week -- even as some lawmakers say the best way to create jobs is to remove the regulatory red tape that is stifling farmers and small businesses.