Look for some conversation in the Senate today about whether more than 100 amendments dealing with Environmental Protection Agency permitting authority are germane to the farm bill. Bloomberg BNA’s LaTrina Antoine and Amena H. Saiyid report that Democrat Kay Hagan...
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An Environmental Protection Agency contractor collects water samples for testing on May 31, 2010 near the point where the South Pass of the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico near Venice, Louisiana.
Are EPA Permits Germane to the Farm Bill?
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Supporters for passage of a new agriculture law rally near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12, 2012.
Reid: Farm Bill Can Be Finished This Week
From Bloomberg Government’s CongressTracker Though it’s only Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can see the end of the week from here. During today’s session-opening floor remarks, Reid said that the chairwoman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Michigan...
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A tractor cuts down corn in a field designated as zero yield on a farm in Vigo County near Terre Haute, Indiana.
House Panel Scraps Draft Farm Bill
Written with Derek Wallbank The House Agriculture Committee canceled tentative plans to draft a new farm bill after its top Democrat sought a commitment that the legislation will be considered by the full chamber, according to committee leaders. “There’s going to be no...
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Wholesale milk prices may double if a Farm Bill is not passed soon.
Higher Milk Prices: Farm Bill Wake-Up Call?
One of the big questionmarks for the rest of the lame-duck session is what will become of the farm bill. As lawmakers were leaving last week for their break, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said only that he wanted Congress...
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A corn field in Le Roy, Illinois.
Drought Aid Sinks as Congress Sits on Farm Bill, Vilsack Says
Written with Mark Drajem Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today mentioned submerging Washington D.C. under 20 feet of water — but it wasn’t meant as a threat to Congress for failing to pass a new farm bill. Vilsack, at a drought...
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Supporters for passage of a new agriculture law rally near the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 12, 2012.
Fiscal Cliff Bonus Savings Offered: Un-sticking that Stuck Farm Bill
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is urging her party’s negotiators to throw another big piece of legislation into the mix during fiscal-cliff talks. Her suggestion: Look at the Senate-passed farm bill, S. 3240, according to spokesman Ben Becker. Bloomberg Government...
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Without a new farm bill, old legislation would gradually take effect in 2013, beginning with dairy programs in January. Photograph by Paul Sisul
Farm Bill Stalemate: No Crying Over Doubled Milk Prices Next Year
The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee says the $1-trillion agriculture bill the panel approved in July is out of his hands — and if milk prices double next year because Congress doesn’t act, it has only itself to...
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President Barack Obama and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, third from left, with the McIntosh family during a stop at their farm to speak about the drought in Missouri Valley, Iowa, on Aug. 13, 2012.
Obama Ties Ryan to Farm Bill Stalled in Congress, Romney to the Rich
President Barack Obama campaigned in Council Bluffs, Iowa, today with a little pop at his Republican rivals. ”Too many members of Congress” are standing in the way of a farm bill, Obama said, noting that Mitt Romney’s running mate, Rep....
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