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Senate Prepares To Fight Over the Big, Beautiful Bill
Senate Prepares To Fight Over the Big, Beautiful Bill
Senate Prepares To Fight Over the Big, Beautiful Bill
The ball is now in the Senate’s court on the Trump tax and spending bill.  And the fight over taxes, SNAP cuts, and tariffs is heating up quickly.  Majority Leader John Thune recently said it's ‘full speed ahead’ on the president’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” while slamming Democrats for vowing to fight against extending the 2017 tax cuts with 'everything they’ve got'.   “They are going to be votin
Trump Tax Bill Will Help Farmers In Multiple Ways Ag Chair Notes
Trump Tax Bill Will Help Farmers In Multiple Ways Ag Chair Notes
Trump Tax Bill Will Help Farmers In Multiple Ways Ag Chair Notes
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 Alliance to End Hunger calls ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Devastating
The Alliance to End Hunger calls ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Devastating
The Alliance to End Hunger calls ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Devastating
The “Big Beautiful Bill,” passed along party lines by the House of Representatives on May 22nd, includes about $267 billion in spending cuts to SNAP over a 10-year period.   "The legislation severely cuts and alters implementation of SNAP and other programs that meet people’s basic needs, including Medicaid," The Alliance to End Hunger said in a news release late last week.   SNAP is th
SNAP Remains Sticking Point As Reconciliation Clears House
SNAP Remains Sticking Point As Reconciliation Clears House
SNAP Remains Sticking Point As Reconciliation Clears House
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
Grassley Has Reason To Be Concerned, Boozman Notes
Grassley Has Reason To Be Concerned, Boozman Notes
Grassley Has Reason To Be Concerned, Boozman Notes
Senate Ag Chair John Boozman recently said fellow Republican Chuck Grassley may be right in taking issue with the House Farm Bill budget reforms to SNAP.  Boozman has an eye on the House farm bill, now part of the broader House budget reconciliation bill that the GOP hopes to enact to advance the President’s tax and spending agenda.  But Gras...
“Bipartisan” Farm Bill Turns Partisan
“Bipartisan” Farm Bill Turns Partisan
“Bipartisan” Farm Bill Turns Partisan
The historically bipartisan Farm Bill turned political this week as majority Ag Republicans turned back every Democratic amendment and sent their Farm Bill budget to the House on a party-line vote.  It wasn’t just SNAP spending reforms Democrats went after, but Trump actions like tariffs, staff cuts, and USDA grant freezes.   “From ...

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