Bidding Adieu Without a Farm Bill
With your Southeast Regional Ag News, I am Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network.
Congress is about to go home for Christmas, but there will be no farm or spending bills among its Christmas presents this year. The old farm bill got extended for the rest of the new fiscal year in a stopgap spending bill, but House Ag Chair GT Thompson argues…
“It is not and should not be in lieu of a comprehensive and thoughtful bipartisan five-year reauthorization of the farm bill. However, significant headwinds exist. These range from the stark politics of the 118th Congress to the costs and funding constraints across the 12 titles in the farm bill.”
It’s made worse by the continued House-Senate impasse over spending bills complicating the path for a new farm bill. Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray…
“We are at 38 days from the first government funding deadline that this Speaker set. I don’t think the American people want to see food safety inspectors or air traffic controllers furloughed. But, if we want to make progress on our full-year funding bills, then we need Speaker Johnson to get back to the full top-line spending deal that House Republicans negotiated themselves.”
Like sand through the hourglass as we approach a presidential election year.
