Items Tagged with 'Klobuchar'

The House Ag Committee’s new farm bill heads to the floor with some significant Democratic support behind it. Seven committee Democrats voted for the measure. But the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, Amy Klobuchar, says the legislation won’t attract Democratic votes in that chamber unless it addresses some SNAP cuts that Republicans forced through Congress last year.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is headlining the cattle industry’s annual convention, CattleCon, today in Nashville, Tennessee.

The U.S. House could be debating President Donald Trump’s trade policy next month. That’s because the House GOP leadership may have missed the last opportunity to extend a blockade on holding votes on Trump’s tariffs.

Leaders of the Senate Ag Committee and 17 other senators are asking the Agriculture Department to reverse its decision to remove buy-up coverage on prevented planting. 

House GOP Whip Tom Emmer says on this week’s Agri-Pulse Newsmakers that he doesn’t think fellow Minnesotan, Amy Klobuchar, will leave the Senate to run for governor. 

Flags are at half-staff at USDA and across the federal government following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who called Kirk a “dear friend and brother,” quickly posted a long statement shortly after his death.

Lawmakers and farm leaders have a variety "skinny" farm bill priorities.

USDA has finally released its reorganization plan after months of speculation and court battles. It calls for moving more than half the employees in the national capital region to hubs in five states: Colorado, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina and Utah.