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The slow-then-fast Congress is in a likely short-run fast period, so here are some updates of some policy issues of note.
“Do not open the farm bill” is the mantra when the farm sector wants no changes. But when they do want changes, a must-have bill is the vehicle for change.
Lawmakers are on recess while trips abroad and North Korea capture Washington’s attention. Meanwhile, the IMF and World Bank hold their spring meetings in Washington.
Consultant economist Dr. Vince Malanga of LaSalle Economics, Inc. sees signs the worse is behind in terms of productivity growth.
The spend-happy Hollywood types have poured money into a special election today in Georgia to replace former Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) who was picked by President Donald Trump to head up Health and Human Services (HHS).
The Renewable Fuel Association says the data shows that the 10% blend wall is “not a real constraint on ethanol consumption in the United States.”
Says U.S. economic activity from mid-February to the end of March was split between modest and moderate.
President Trump’s proponents keep saying to read the president’s book, The Art of the Deal. Is that in the non-fiction or fiction section? Or perhaps the alternative non-faction category.
A Mexican lawmaker wants to ban the import of corn grown in the United States.
Lawmakers reached a budget agreement for the remaining months of Fiscal Year 2017, which ends September 30. Cotton and dairy farm program language did not make it in the final budget package.