Mike Johnson

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is set to expire this year if Congress doesn’t take action.  Dustin Sherer, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said letting the TCJA expire would have significant impacts to agriculture and a majority of Americans.   “...

SNAP and conservation programs could be on the GOP chopping block as Congressional Republicans write a budget to pay for extending the Trump 2017 tax cuts.  Hill Republicans have circulated a list of possible budget savings including a reported $22 billion by reforming SNAP, something the House Ag Committee farm bill proposed last year.  That, b...

The American Farm Bureau was mounting an 11th-hour pressure campaign to get billions of dollars in economic farm aid in a massive stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown this week.   “It is not acceptable for Congress to tie up their business at the end of the year and not recognize the need for, not just disaster assistance but economic assistance,” noted AFBF President Zippy Duvall.