The Senate and the House passed a Continuing Resolution to fund federal agencies through December 3rd. The CR provides $10 billion in much-needed disaster relief for losses incurred by farmers and ranchers in 2020 and 2021. It also extends Livestock Mandatory Reporting through December 3rd
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As Senate Ag Chair Pat Roberts, and he’ll tell you farm groups turned the tide in the election-year Republican fight with House Democrats to restore $30 billion in key Farm Bill and virus funding in the Commodity Credit Corporation. The Kansas Republican after Democrats relented in a deal that gave them more for school nutrition programs said:
“Forty-seven different farm organizations and commodi
On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through November 21st. Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse said the hope is the continuation will give the Senate time to complete their needed work on appropriation bills for the upcoming year. Newhouse...
Congress has until the end of this week to fund the federal government before the current continuing resolution expires. R.J. Karney, budget adviser with the American Farm Bureau says the only certainty in Washington D.C. is that there is always uncertainty.
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