Agriculture Bill Buoyed as Mifepristone Measure Ditched in Draft

Lawmakers left out a provision to curtail access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a key spending bill, potentially giving the measure a better chance of passing.

The Agriculture-FDA funding proposal published Monday would allocate $25.9 billion in discretionary spending in fiscal 2025, $355 million less than the $26.2 billion allocated in the current year, according to a GOP summary of the measure.

The House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Subcommittee will mark up the draft Tuesday. Lawmakers have until Oct. 1 to pass the Agriculture-FDA funding bill — or a continuing resolution — to prevent at ...