Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 7.29
July 29, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching The TAG Weekly Update will be paused during August recess, and will resume when lawmakers return in September. Congress The House officially adjourned for recess last week, while the Senate is still in session through this week to wrap up legislative priorities and confirmations. It is unclear whether […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 7.22
July 22, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress This is the last week the House will be in session before the August recess, while the Senate will be in session next week to wrap up final priorities. Notably, President Trump has called on Republican Senators to stay through recess to complete nominations for a handful […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 7.15
July 15, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the FY26 Agriculture-FDA spending bill, which largely rejected cuts proposed by the Administration and the House. The bill provides $27.5 billion in discretionary funding for programs at USDA and FDA which is comparable to current funding levels at […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 7.8
July 8, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation On Thursday July 3, Congress officially passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act through both chambers, and the bill was signed into law by President Trump on July 4. Passing the bill through the Senate proved to be a tumultuous process as Republican Senators spent a great deal […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 6.24
June 24, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation The Senate Agriculture portion of the reconciliation text is being reviewed by the Parliamentarian, who oversees reconciliation packages. This is a key administrative step in moving the entire bill forward. Notably, the Parliamentarian determined that the cost-share provision, which would move the cost of SNAP on to […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 6.17
June 17, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation Last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee released their text of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, about a week after the House passed their version. The Senate bill will cut spending for SNAP by $211 billion, which is less than the House version, and will use $67 billion […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 6.10
June 10, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Budget Reconciliation This week, the Senate will work through their version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” reconciliation package. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has given the GOP until the July 4 recess to get the bill through the Senate without changing it so much that […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 6.3
June 3, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation Congress returns this week from the Memorial Day recess and all eyes are on the Senate as they begin working through the House passed reconciliation package. In addition to tax cuts and funding for boarder security, the reconciliation package includes changes to Medicaid in the form […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 5.20
May 20, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Budget Reconciliation Last week, the House held markups in the Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Agriculture Committees as the next step in the reconciliation process. The House Agriculture Committee held its markup over Tuesday and Wednesday, with Republicans largely providing short remarks indicating their support […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 5.13
May 13, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Budget Reconciliation Three key markups of reconciliation packages will take place this week – Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce. For the agriculture bill, debate over the scale and scope of the spending cuts delayed the bill’s markup, but the Committee is now moving full […]
