House Agriculture Committee ranking member Angie Craig, with one eye on a Senate run in 2026, faces a daunting task in delivering legislative benefits to her constituents in the next two years.
Craig, D-Minn., became the panel’s top Democrat just as the majority Republicans began looking at steep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as part of the budget reconciliation process. Those cuts, in turn, would make drafting a bipartisan farm bill a much bigger lift for the committee.
Both issues fall squarely into House Agriculture’s jurisdiction. And cuts to food stamps and the absence of a farm bill would give Democrats little to take to voters in the fall of 2026. For Craig, the disappointment would come after she persuaded colleagues that it was time for a younger lawmaker to lead panel Democrats. And do little to raise her profile back home.
