Another Stab at a Farm Bill

Posted 5/3/24

Congressional lawmakers are taking another stab at trying to put together and pass the 2024 Farm Bill after running into difficulties last year.

Both Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) and House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Penn) unveiled their Farm Bill proposals last week.

While the Senate version appeals to the customary bipartisan compromise, the House Committee's ranking Democrat complains his GOP colleagues " turned what could have been a genuinely bipartisan bill into a messaging exercise to appease their right flank that has no chance of becoming law.”

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