reconciliation bill

Overnight Thursday, the House voted 219-213 to advance President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" for debate before a final vote.

Congress is considering eliminating clean energy tax credits in its budget reconciliation bill, a move that could reportedly cost Idaho 7,900 jobs.

The Senate reconciliation budget, including farm safety net improvements, is up this week.

House Ag Chair GT Thompson said last week the Trump Tax Bill now headed to the Senate will finally shore up the farm safety net.  While most of last week’s House debate on the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” focused on SNAP and Medicaid savings opposed by Democrats, Thompson highlighted the bill’s improved farm safety net.   “The One Big Beautiful Bill ma...

The Trump reconciliation budget the House passed by one vote along party lines this week did nothing to reconcile the stark policy differences between the two parties over the importance of SNAP versus farmers.  Nothing could have made it clearer about the parties’ divergent priorities than an exchange in the Rules Committee between Rules and Ag Republican Austin Scott and top Ag Democrat Angie Cr

As Congress considers the President's Infrastructure Bill and the budget Reconciliation Bills, some lawmakers have talked about possibly cutting back on what the administration has proposed for spending for those bills. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said some of those proposed cuts worry him, because of the impact they could have on the USDA ...

According to the Hagstrom Report, the Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill will contain language to address the court cases brought against a program to provide debt relief directed to minority farmers. Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow made that known after a committee business meeting last week. W... Read More ...