Lawmakers hoping to revive a farm bill overhaul early this year face familiar conditions that have long-stalled substantive progress: deep-seated political disagreements and an unforgiving legislative calendar.
House Republicans know they need to move fast or, for an unprecedented fourth year in a row, they’ll be forced to extend for another year farm policies that expire Sept. 30.
“My motivation is driven solely on the needs of the American farm family and they deserve to have this marked up in committee in January—I think we’re going to be ready for it,” House Agriculture Chair