WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD News) — The Senate Agriculture Committee is expected to mark up its farm bill next week, but Sen. Joni Ernst told Fox Business she does not expect the legislation to receive a Senate vote before the August recess.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman said passing the bill could be challenging.
“We spent a couple of years going around the country talking to farmers, and the things we heard about were a need for getting more farm in the farm bill. We were able to do that, and several other things, to the tune of about $68 billion. We are going to continue the momentum that GT Thompson has worked so hard to produce. We’ve got a little harder situation in the Senate with a 60-vote threshold, making sure we can attract enough Democrats to get passed and keep our members together.”
Boozman said it is well understood across Capitol Hill how dire conditions are in farm country right now. If Congress does not get a farm bill to President Trump by January, the process will need to start over.
