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 […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.29
April 29, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation Congress returns this week after a two-week recess and next steps for reconciliation will be the top legislative priority. On Monday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had a meeting in the Oval Office to discuss a path forward on the reconciliation package. The Speaker has said that […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.8
April 8, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Budget Reconciliation Over the weekend, the Senate passed an amended version of their budget resolution. It is currently in the House, where it has received pushback from some of the House Freedom Caucus members. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is looking for the House Rules Committee to adopt […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.1
April 1, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Reconciliation Republican leadership has publicly shared their desire to come together and move forward a budget resolution during this work period. The House and Senate do not have to pass identical budget resolutions to start the reconciliation process, and as long as the resolutions do not contradict […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.25
March 25, 2025 Contents What We’re Watching Congress This week, Congress is returning from recess and will turn their focus toward Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations and a reconciliation package. Notably, Politico Morning Agriculture reported that when some Republican lawmakers returned to their home states and districts, they participated in public events where they faced criticism […]
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 […]
