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The 1981 farm bill involved only small changes and continued the policy of restricting supply rather than increasing demand. The 1984 budget proposal was designed to cut subsidies rather than reform the system, but Congress rejected it. Instead, Congress continued the same policies in the 1985 farm bill, which Reagan reluctantly signed.
The last-minute Continuing Resolution will fund the government until March 14, allocate about $100 billion in disaster relief and extend the farm bill. It received a total of 366 favorable votes ...
More than 300 U.S. farm and commodity groups urged Congress in a letter on Monday to pass a long-delayed farm spending bill before the end of the year, as farmers face a projected decline in income.
“Any alternative Continuing Resolution (CR) must include: a farm bill extension, aid to rebuild after natural disasters, economic assistance to bridge the gap until we can get to a new farm bill ...
Pass an extension of the current farm bill. Pass a new farm bill (with or without a new permanent law provision). While the uncertainty still looms over the Farm Bill, one thing is certain: The ...
Anti-hunger groups are growing increasingly concerned about worsening food affordability as the clock ticks down on the current farm bill. The $1.5 trillion spending package, which covers a wide ...
The 2018 farm bill or Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is an enacted United States farm bill that reauthorized $867 billion for many expenditures approved in the prior farm bill (the Agricultural Act of 2014). The bill was passed by the Senate and House on December 11 and 12, 2018, respectively.
The group added, "Failing to reauthorize a Farm Bill without meaningful investments in commodity programs and crop insurance, or settling for a simple extension of current law, would leave ...