Articles by Philip Brasher

Legislation to make the E-Verify immigration system mandatory could split House Republicans unless it is accompanied by a bill to ensure farmers access to more legal foreign workers.

The Senate approved its budget resolution along party lines early Friday after voting on dozens of non-binding amendments and setting aside hundreds of others

The Senate voted in favor of killing the estate tax, but majority Republicans could attract the support of just one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

A White House strategy for combatting antibiotic resistance calls for studying the extent the problem on farms and lays out plans for developing new drugs that producers can use more safely.

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2015 Republicans are expressing optimism that they can reach a deal with a key Democrat thats critical to wrapping up a Pacific Rim trade agreement.

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2015 With some critical Democratic support, the Senate endorsed limiting the reach a rule proposed by the Obama administration to re-define what ditches, ponds and other features are regulated by the Clean Water Act.

Republicans and Democrats slammed the Agriculture Department over allegations of abuse at a livestock research facility in Nebraska and accused agency officials of stonewalling lawmakersÐ requests for information.

A revised bill aimed at blocking state GMO labeling laws is expected to be introduced in the House this week with a new provision to regulate foods promoted as non-biotech.

The Obama administration is negotiating with the shipping industry to allow more U.S. food aid to be purchased overseas rather than instead of from American producers. The administration has been trying for years to overhaul the Food for Peace program in a way that o

A leading critic of crop insurance said heÐs likely to use next weekÐs debate on the Senate budget resolution to test support for cuts in the program. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., told Agri-Pulse he was planning Ða numberÐ of amendments, which are n