Congress and the Farm Bill
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Congress has reached a tentative agreement to push off the appropriations fight for two weeks. This will affect the Farm Bill, as the original December 7th appropriations deadline was considered the hard stop for any Farm Bill agreement. This additional time will give Congress time to formalize the Farm Bill and get it to the President’s desk, prior to any fights over border wall funding in the appropriations process.
While the full Farm Bill has not been released, NPMA understands that our priorities, particularly the pre-emption language in the House version, are unfortunately no longer included. We went into this process knowing that policy issues are rarely solved in a single Congress but generally a long slog through multiple years. In this spirit we will continue to promote the benefits of regulatory reform as we advocate on the Hill over the coming year.
