In the past seven years, lawmakers operated under closed or structured special rules limiting the number of amendments. The amendment process has been opened up for all bills with the GOP majority in the House. American Sugarbeet Growers Association Vice President of Government Affairs Zachary Clark says this is a significant change. “With an open rule, we’ll have hundreds of amendments and there will be amendments that are really challenging to agriculture with sugar, crop insurance, the safety net,” said Clark. “If they pass, we might have to drag down a bill and we don’t want to be in that position.”
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