Budget Dictates Farm Bill Writing

The Congressional budget talks are dictating the outlook and time table for a new 5-year farm bill. House Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas says the Senate’s passage of a budget resolution could change the baseline and that will directly impact the crafting of the legislation in the committee.

Lucas says until those budget numbers are known he’s pushing back work in the committee.

He says the compromise number on cuts to the nutrition programs in the previous draft legislation may need to be dictated by the House leadership or it will hold up a vote on the bill again.