Farm Bill

Farm Progress’ Joshua Baethge reported at the end of last week that “it’s hard to find anyone optimistic about passing a new farm bill this year. While the two political parties don’t agree on much, there’s a growing consensus that nothing is going to happen this year. All signs point to another (farm bill) extension […]

The Washington Post’s Tony Romm reported late last week that “the approximately 1,000-page House version of the (Farm Bill) contains a single section — drafted with the aid of Bayer — that could halt some lawsuits against Roundup, according to documents viewed by The Washington Post and seven people familiar with the matter, who spoke […]

Despite recent progress on the 2024 Farm Bill — including passage of the House Agriculture Committee’s version of the bill and competing frameworks released in the Senate Agriculture Committee — lawmakers in recent days have been hinting that passage of a full Farm Bill in 2024 is growing more unlikely and that another extension of […]

Politico’s Meredith Lee Hill and Grace Yarrow reported Tuesday that “Senate Agriculture Committee Republicans released their farm bill proposal Tuesday, which would significantly expand farm safety net programs, setting up a major clash with Democrats.” “The legislative framework, which outlines various policy priorities but does not contain bill text, largely mirrors the GOP-led House farm […]

Politico’s Meredith Lee Hill reported Wednesday morning that “frontline Democrats (are) set to oppose (the) House farm bill in markup tomorrow.” “Specifically, frontline Democrats will vote for amendments stripping out nutrition and climate policies in the GOP bill they oppose, then most are set to vote no on the massive legislation,” Lee Hill reported. “…’We’re […]

Politico’s Meredith Lee Hill reported this past Friday that “House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson’s long-awaited farm bill significantly boosts farm safety net programs but crosses two of Democratic leaders’ red lines, setting up a showdown with the Senate over the must-pass legislation.” “In addition to major boosts in critical farm safety net program funding to […]

The Hill’s Saul Elbein reported Monday that “pharmaceutical, manufacturing and big agriculture interests have spent more than $400 million lobbying Congress on a new farm bill, a new report has found.” “That’s more than four times the amount of money spent by the public sector and civil society, according to public data compiled by the […]

Politico’s Meredith Lee Hill and Grace Yarrow reported Monday that “another eventful week lies ahead as the House farm bill markup approaches and key players jockey over final policy details. House Ag Chair G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.) released a title-by-title overview of the current House farm bill draft ahead of the upcoming May 23 markup. We’re […]

*This story has been updated to say that House Agriculture Committee Democrats offered a counter proposal to GT Thompson’s Farm Bill funding proposal. An earlier version of this story said House Ag Committee Democrats had proposed their own bill. We regret the error. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson said in a press release […]

Politico’s Garrett Downs reported Monday that “Congress is back to work this week, but a new five-year farm bill — set to determine the future of agriculture and nutrition policy — still seems like an afterthought.” “Last week, Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley suggested that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer could make the farm bill […]

Politico’s Garrett Downs reported this past week that the continuing resolution (CR) passed on Jan. 18 to avert a government shutdown and fund the federal government until early March could derail House Ag Committee Chairman “Rep. G.T. Thompson’s (R-Pa.) optimistic plans to move the House version of the farm bill that same month (March).” “Thompson […]

On Thursday, the Senate Ag Committee held a hearing on USDA nutrition programs in the next Farm Bill.

Nolan D. McCaskill reported on the front page of Saturday’s Los Angeles Times that, “Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) was elected speaker of the House early Saturday morning after four days and 15 ballots, resuscitating a chamber that had been paralyzed as it endured its longest struggle to elect a leader since before the Civil War.”

Wall Street Journal writers Katy Stech Ferek and Natalie Andrews reported in Tuesday’s paper that, “A new era of divided government dawns this week as the 118th Congress begins, with Republicans looking to deploy their power with a fragile majority in the House and Democrats doing the same in the Senate.”