Ag Agenda Awaits After Government Shutdown

The House passed a clean continuing resolution and Senate Republicans are on the same path. The current version only extends the government spending until November 21. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer expects that timeline to be adjusted to December or January. When the stalemate is eventually broken in Congress, lawmakers will need to quickly address the appropriations process. “All 12 appropriations bills were passed out of committee so this thing is moving rather quickly, but you also need time to do the farm bill, you have time to do the national Defense Authorization Act,” said Emmer. “There are many priorities that need to get done before the end of the year, but if Chuck Schumer and the Democrats in the Senate continue to give the American people a stiff arm, it’s going to be more and more difficult the closer we get to Thanksgiving.”