Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.18
March 18, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Over the weekend, Congress passed the Continuing Resolution, which was then signed into law to fund the government through September, the end of the fiscal year. Senate Democrats ultimately decided to vote across the aisle with Republicans to pass the bill, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.11
March 11, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Over the weekend, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) rolled out a continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the government open until September 30, 2025. The package would cut non-defense programs by $13 billion, primarily by not funding FY2024 congressionally directed spending (CDS) projects (earmarks). Excluding these projects […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.4
March 4, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Congress is quickly approaching the March 14 shutdown deadline, while appropriators have yet to announce topline numbers. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has floated the idea of passing a Continuing Resolution through September 30. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and the Speaker are looking to keep […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.25
February 25, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Budget Reconciliation Last week, the Senate passed their proposed budget reconciliation framework while the House was in recess. They are planning two separate reconciliation packages – one for border, energy, and defense, and a separate package for tax policy towards the end of the year. The package […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.18
February 18, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Budget Resolutions Both the House and Senate Budget Committees held markups on their respective reconciliation packages last week. The Senate Budget Committee marked up their package on Wednesday, while the House Budget Committee passed their resolution on Thursday. The House Resolution directs the House Agriculture Committee to […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.11
February 11, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation This week is all about dueling budget proposals. Both the House and Senate are looking to advance their respective budget blueprints this week, the first step in the reconciliation process. On Friday, Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released his budget draft and announced that the […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.4
February 4, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation Last week, House Republicans were on a retreat in Florida where they discussed the plan for their budget blueprint, the first step in moving forward with a Reconciliation framework. Targeted savings could total at least $60 billion from the Education and Workforce Committee, $50 billion from […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.28
January 28, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Nomination Hearings Last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee held the nomination hearing considering Brooke Rollins to be Secretary of Agriculture. Her opening statement laid out priorities for her first 100 days, which included delivering disaster aid, addressing HPAI and animal disease outbreaks, modernizing the USDA to better […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.21
January 21, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Inauguration On Monday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the President of the United States in the Capitol rotunda. Following his ceremony, he made a series of announcements around which Executive Orders he will be rolling out on day one, under the categories of “Make America Safe […]
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