GOP Senators Silent On Meeting With Vice President-Elect JD Vance GOP Senators' responses to inquiries about meeting with VP-elect JD Vance and their views on the attorney general selection process. Top News · Nov 20, 2024
Senate farm bill differs from House on CCC, food stamp benefits - Roll Call The Senate's draft farm bill comes with only a few weeks left to finish legislation and with differences from the House bill. Roll Call · Nov 18, 2024
Boozman, Klobuchar lined up to follow Stabenow on Agriculture - Roll Call Sen. Amy Klobuchar looks like the top Democrat on Senate Agriculture next year, working with current ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark. Roll Call · Nov 1, 2024
Bipartisan Senate group offers bill to plug VA benefit shortfall - Roll Call The group of senators introduced a bill that would provide the Veterans Department with an extra $2.9 billion. Roll Call · Jul 30, 2024
Regulators and law enforcement crack down on crypto's bad actors. Congress has yet to take action While the scandals in the cryptocurrency industry seem to never end, Washington policymakers appear to have little interest in pushing through legislation to codify the structure of the industry The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023
Senators embrace AI on the farm, eye provisions in farm bill - Roll Call Members of Senate Agriculture want the next farm bill to include provisions that would steer artificial intelligence adoption on the farm. Roll Call · Nov 15, 2023
Bankman-Fried's trial exposed crypto fraud but Congress has not been eager to regulate the industry The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors is the latest black mark for the crypto industry The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023
Senate push for shorter stopgap sets up collision with House GOP - Roll Call Senate appropriators are mulling a continuing resolution that would run until mid-December, putting them on a collision course with the House. Roll Call · Oct 31, 2023
PEPFAR reauthorization debate highlights splits in GOP - Roll Call Reauthorization of an HIV/AIDS program launched by President George W. Bush now faces roadblocks because of abortion debate. Roll Call · Sep 21, 2023
Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth - Roll Call The retirement of several titans of congressional appropriating hasn't slowed down the Senate's appetite for earmarks. Roll Call · Aug 2, 2023
Senate confirms Torres Small as deputy secretary at USDA - Roll Call The Senate confirmed Xochitl Torres Small, a former member of Congress from New Mexico, as the deputy Agriculture secretary. Roll Call · Jul 11, 2023
McConnell predicts ‘new spending hard to come by’ for 2023 Farm Bill U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spent Tuesday morning at the University of Kentucky discussing this year’s farm bill with state agriculture leaders WEKU · Jun 27, 2023
Biden, Agriculture committee leaders to discuss farm bill goals - Roll Call President Joe Biden and the four leaders of House and Senate Agriculture committees are scheduled to meet Thursday on the farm bill. Roll Call · May 10, 2023
Torres Small backed by Senate Agriculture leaders for USDA deputy - Roll Call Senate Agriculture Committee leaders say they support Xochitl Torres Small's promotion to Agriculture deputy secretary. Roll Call · May 10, 2023
Roll Call · May 3, 2023 Senate Agriculture leaders differ on shifting funds to farm bill - Roll Call Senate Republicans are eyeing unspent money appropriated in a 2022 law for use in a new farm bill that would replace one expiring Sept. 30.
Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023 Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, as they work on the 2023 farm bill, are staking out positions on nutrition and food stamps — the Agriculture Department’s biggest single program and a perennial source of contention.
Roll Call · Apr 18, 2023 Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements - Roll Call Food stamps are on course again to be a flash point in the farm bill as some Republicans want to add work requirements for recipients.
Roll Call · Apr 5, 2023 Veterans health accounting move a new headache for appropriators - Roll Call Debate over how how veterans funding should be provided, specifically aid to veterans exposed to toxins, is an early fiscal 2024 flashpoint.
Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023 Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’ WASHINGTON — New Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., knows that returning the chamber’s appropriations process to regular order “won’t be a walk in the park,” as she said during a news conference last week.
Roll Call · Mar 17, 2023 Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say 'yes we can' - Roll Call Senate Appropriations Committee leaders are vowing to mark up fiscal 2024 spending bills in committee and move them across the Senate floor.
Al Jazeera · Mar 6, 2023 US capital withdraws criminal justice reform bill Move comes as the US Senate was expected to vote down proposed changes to criminal code in Washington, DC.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023 USDA tells Senate panel it's struggling to feed needy families WASHINGTON — A U.S. Department of Agriculture official testified Thursday that some of the agency’s food programs are being overburdened in the push to feed needy families.
WEKU · Feb 2, 2023 Congress gears up for another farm bill. Here's what's on the menu Climate, food stamps, broadband and research dollars are all on the line as negotiations kick off for the 2023 farm bill.
Fortune · Dec 21, 2022 Sen. Boozman wants the SEC and CFTC to sign off on crypto legislation A leading lawmaker discusses how he plans to advance oversight of crypto.
Roll Call · Dec 16, 2022 Bankman-Fried made Agriculture panel members focus of campaign support Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX employees put House and Senate Agriculture panel members at the focus of campaign spending and donations.