Agriculture Interests and Others Worry that Congress Will Punt the Wide-ranging Farm Bill Again

By Mark Ballard

The Advocate

The schedule shows Congress will be in town for 13 days between now and the week after the Nov. 5 congressional and presidential elections.

Judging from the amount of work left, such as passing an annual federal government budget, most remaining legislation will be shunted aside, including the $1.25 trillion Farm Bill, the shorthand for H.R. 8467, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024.

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