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Friday, April 04, 2025
The Trump administration is making its first foray into the longstanding controversy over the meaning of “waters of the U.S.” in the Clean Water Act, issuing guidance Wednesday to align its policy with the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision.
Congressional Republicans are barreling toward a showdown over how much to cut taxes and spending as the Senate and House set to take up rival fiscal 2025 budget resolutions. The Senate could take up its budget plan this week.
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, told Agri-Pulse Wednesday her meetings with senators this week have been "extremely productive" and highlighted the regional and bipartisan nature of farm policy.
An ambitious effort to reduce the size of the federal government in the second Trump administration is encountering skepticism from seasoned government observers and watchdogs who wonder whether the billionaires leading it know what they’re getting into.
Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, an organization closely allied with President-elect Donald Trump, has been selected to serve as agriculture secretary.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is challenging Republican colleagues to vote for a House-passed tax bill that includes an expansion of the child tax credit and improvements in expensing provisions that are popular with farmers.
A new bill aims to provide the first update in nearly 40 years to the Internal Revenue Service’s rules for Industrial Development Bonds for small and mid-size manufacturers and First-Time Farmer Bonds, also known as aggie bonds.
Community bankers are rallying around a proposal that would provide banks with tax exemptions on interest earned from agricultural real estate or home loans in communities whose populations are below 2,500.
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is pressing for legislation allowing use of E15 throughout the year in the face of delayed action from the Environmental Protection Agency.
The U.S. and Mexico continue to engage over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s threat to ban genetically modified corn imports, but there were strong signs from senators Wednesday that patience is wearing thin on Capitol Hill for a resolution.
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