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From Farm Policy News
Progressive Farmer’s Chris Clayton reported Monday that “Congress returns this week facing a Dec. 20 deadline to approve a new funding resolution to keep the government operating, as well as potentially pass a disaster package and a farm-bill extension before wrapping up the year.”
“Lawmakers will be negotiating the funding and provisions of a disaster aid package after the White House earlier proposed nearly $100 billion in disaster relief. At least some lawmakers want to include specific provisions to help commodity farmers who may not have been hit by a natural disaster but have experienced price collapses this year,” Clayton reported. “As far as fully funding the federal government, Congress also is mainly looking at another short-term extension, known as a Continuing Resolution, that would avoid a shutdown. But the extension would shift most of the major funding decisions for FY 2025 to the new Congress and President-elect Donald Trump early next year.” Read the rest of the article here.