Items Tagged with 'Economic Stimulus'

Democrats win Senate approval of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package after modifying some provisions to assuage party moderates but preserving historic debt relief for minority farmers that Republicans tried to strip from the bill.

Agriculture stimulus provisions released by Democrats on Tuesday would pay off minority farmers' USDA loans and provide $4 billion for purchasing commodities and providing pandemic-related assistance to processors and other parts of the food supply chain.

The Senate begins its impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump this week even as his successor pushes lawmakers to meet his demands for a $1.9 trillion package of coronavirus relief measures.

Analysts pushed back on a proposal for immediate grants to support groundwater sustainability.

California Farm Bureau Administrator Jim Houston said his biggest disappointment with the governor’s budget proposal was the absence of tax credits for farm employees.

The Trump administration is paving the way toward potentially restarting the economy in some areas of the country.