impeachment

Now that the Impeachment Trial is over in Washington D.C., lawmakers can focus on the day to day tasks that make the country run, and Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse is hopeful Ag issues will move to center stage.  Newhouse said one of his top priorities is working with colleagues in the Senate to get the Farm Workforce Modernization Act passed.  He said ...

Many in the Ag community are hopeful lawmakers will address the labor shortage facing farm country.  In response, the House last month passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which supporters will benefit not only growers and farmers, but workers as well.  Be...

The Senate is hopeful to vote on USMCA Thursday.  After quickly advancing the agreement through required committee approvals, the Senate will consider the agreement ahead of the impeachment trial next week.  However, the Senate is not in session Friday, leaving little time to debate and pass the implementing legislation.   ...

The Senate committees tasked with markup and approval of USMCA are planning to do so quickly. The agreement must be approved through the committees before reaching the full Senate.   Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who's panel has already approved the agreement, Thursday said, "it takes just a short period of time" for other committees to review the implementing legisla

Ag bankers are asking Congress to take action on the Enhancing Credit Opportunities in Rural America act, better known as ECORA.  What would this legislation do for rural America?   Ed Elfmann, Senior Vice President for Ag and Rural Banking Policy at the American Bankers Association, said the legislation will lower the tax rate on banks when they do agricultural real estate lending.   “... Read Mo

As talks heat up in D.C. over the impeachment investigation, many in the farming community that a USMCA vote will be lost in that back and forth.  Many commodity groups hoped for a ratification vote on the updated NAFTA this summer, but that did not happen before the August recess, and now with most eyes on the Ukraine investigation, farmers are concerned USMCA will not get a vote this year.  ...

Many in the Ag community are worried that House Democrats seeking to impeach President Trump spells trouble for USMCA.  White House officials claim the effort has “destroyed any chances of legislative progress.”   Meanwhile, Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says if Democrats in the House use impeachment proceedings as a basis to not act on policy, the effort will halt progress on USMCA.  Gra