Moore: Bipartisanship Will Be Vital In New Congress

Farm groups are calling for bipartisanship after a bitterly fought election that’s still being contested. American Farm Bureau Federation, Executive Vice President Dale Moore said between the next Congress and administration, getting any kind of legislation passed will be a challenge.

“In order to get something out of the House, you need 218 votes. And the House is controlled by a Democrat majority. In order to get something out of the Senate, you need 60 votes on, virtually everything, and Leader McConnell does not have 60 Republican members. He’s got, what is it, 52, 53-members. So, anything that gets done is going to require some level of compromising in order to find that middle ground that both sides are willing to accept.”

While the coming months look to be difficult ones, Moore says he’s not deterred, and they AFBF will continue to fight for American Ag.

“We worked through different things when the Obama Administration, some things, we worked with them, some things we had to wrestle with them. I worked for the Bush Administration, I had members of Farm Bureau that told me there were things that they worked closely with the Bush Administration on, and there were things that they wrestled with us on.”

Moore expressed confidence the lame-duck lawmakers will keep the government funded after December 11 when temporary funding runs out and approve more coronavirus relief for producers. Negotiations were to restart this week with lawmakers back to finish out this Congress.

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