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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Farm groups and other agribusiness interests and rural electric cooperatives have given nearly $27 million congressional campaigns so far, with nearly two-thirds of that amount going to Republicans.
The House Agriculture Committee is set to debate its Republican farm bill, starting at 11 a.m. EDT. The big question isn’t whether the committee will approve the bill. Republicans should have the votes on their side to do that. The question is how many Democratic votes Republicans can get.
Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are set to push their farm bill through the panel this with week, but the big question is whether they will have the Democratic support they would need to give the mammoth legislation some momentum heading to the House floor.
Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee met with Senate Ag Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday afternoon and left reiterating concerns about the GOP farm bill proposal.
There’s a big push this year to bolster the farm safety net by raising premium subsidies for high levels of area insurance coverage, and the idea has gotten traction in both the House and Senate.
Congressional ethanol advocates are planning to ramp up their efforts to secure year-round sales of E15 nationwide this fall by aiming to attach it to one of this year’s “must-pass” bills, one ethanol group CEO says.
A request from several Midwest governors to sell E15 year-round in their home states is now before the White House Office of Management and Budget. The news comes as 24 House members introduced a bill to match Senate legislation on the subject.
Congressional Democrats are struggling to save a number of their colleagues from defeat in Tuesday’s mid-term elections, and former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson knows why.
Minnesota commodity groups, local farmers and anti-hunger advocates brought a wide-ranging set of policy requests to the ears of Reps. Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Cheri Bustos, D-Ill. at a House Ag Committee listening session on Monday.
Illinois Democrat Cheri Bustos is hitting the road next week for a listening session that she says is going to be important as lawmakers gear up for the next farm bill.
