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Daybreak May 19: EVs surfacing as infrastructure flashpoint

05/19/21 10:00 AM By Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

President Joe Biden’s drive to shift Americans to electric vehicles, something he showcased in a visit to a Ford electric vehicle plant on Tuesday, is getting pushback from Republicans on a couple of fronts.

Daybreak April 16: Senate climate bill close

04/16/21 10:30 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow tells Agri-Pulse she expects a new bipartisan version of the Growing Climate Solutions Act to be released within a few days. The funding issues have now been apparently worked out with the bill, which is aimed at laying the groundwork for ag carbon markets.

Opinion: Hagedorn: Time for commonsense approach to boosting Ag economy

03/19/21 2:22 PM By Rep. Jim Hagedorn

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In this opinion piece, Rep. Jim Hagedorn, R-Minn., explains more about the recently introduced PPP Flexibility for Farmers and Ranchers Act, and how it will help boost the farmer, rancher and agricultural economy.

Daybreak March 9: Blunt makes it five GOP retirements

03/09/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Longtime Senate appropriator and GOP dealmaker Roy Blunt of Missouri is the fifth GOP senator to announce that he’s not seeking re-election. Blunt is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and former ranking Republican on the Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee that writes the annual budgets for USDA and FDA.

Daybreak Feb 1: Dems, GOP in showdown on COVID aid

02/01/21 9:04 AM By Ben Nuelle, Steve Davies, and Philip Brasher

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Democrats are threatening to go it alone on the next COVID aid package if Republicans won’t make a deal on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan.

Opinion: Bold action needed to support rural and tribal communities hit hardest by pandemic

01/07/21 1:20 PM By Nathan Ohle

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Nathan Ohle, Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, discusses how rural and tribal communities are in need of support and resources after being hit hard by the pandemic.

Massive year-end deal promises more CFAP, broad array of aid for rural, ag needs

12/21/20 6:22 PM By Philip Brasher

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Farmers who were facing a steep drop in government payments in 2021 will instead see a third round of coronavirus relief payments and other producers and ag processors left out of previous aid programs this year will get help this time, under a massive stimulus package and government funding bill.

Congress, White House reach deal on COVID aid package

12/20/20 7:02 PM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

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Congressional leaders reach agreement with the White House on a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that will include a new round of aid to various agriculture sectors while also ensuring the deductibility of expenses used to get forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program loans.

Daybreak Dec 18: Fights emerge over ag, PPP, SNAP

12/18/20 9:09 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Congress faces a midnight deadline to keep the government funded. As of Thursday evening, it wasn’t clear whether lawmakers would be asked to pass a very short-term stopgap spending bill to provide the time they need to pass a massive bill that would include both government funding for fiscal 2021 as well as a big new COVID aid package.

Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers face new deadline for deal

12/13/20 1:00 PM By Philip Brasher

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Lawmakers have given themselves one more week to reach a deal on a new coronavirus relief package that congressional leaders want to wrap into a government-wide funding bill for fiscal 2021.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sen. Ben Ray Luján on farm bill, PIIE's Alan Wolff on tariffs & trade

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman says he plans to have a markup this summer on his version of the farm bill. New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján joins Newsmakers to discuss his thoughts on the bill and changes he'd like to see in the markup.

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