Skye Witley
Agriculture Reporter at Bloomberg Government
Agricultural policy reporting @BGov + Farm Brief newsletter every Thursday | Before: @BLaw, @TheEagleOnline + @AmericanU | DM for Signal
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2 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Skye Witley
Republicans plan to slash federal nutrition assistance for low-income individuals and update a host of farm bill programs under the House Agriculture Committee’s portion of a sweeping package paying for President Donald Trump’s tax cut and immigration enforcement plans.
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2 days ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Skye Witley
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6 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Katherine Rizzo |Erin Durkin |Jonathan Tamari |Skye Witley
Big Beautiful Work in ProgressHouse Republicans are getting closer to nailing down the components of the “big beautiful bill” that President Donald Trump wants, combining government borrowing authority with tax breaks, more military spending and a lot less spending overall. Our budget team will be watching over the weekend for the thorniest part of that package: the segment dealing with spending on Medicaid, the government’s health program for the lowest-income Americans.
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1 week ago |
news.bgov.com | Skye Witley
The House Agriculture Committee is set to mark up its portion of the GOP’s sweeping tax and spending bill beginning next Tuesday. Opening remarks for the reconciliation legislation will kick off a hearing Tuesday night after House votes end, then lawmakers will initiate the amendment process at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, House Agriculture Chair GT Thompson (R-Pa.) said in a brief interview Thursday.
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1 week ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Skye Witley |Michaela Ross
Glenn Munal stops to study a grapefruit sprig while surveying his citrus orchard, scanning its leaves for a gnat-sized brown bug that threatens the family business. Asian citrus psyllid insects found his 26-acre Texas farm last year, lured by the bright scents of orange and grapefruit in the Rio Grande Valley.
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🚨Major changes to SNAP and a host of farm bill programs updated in reconciliation text the House Agriculture Committee just released. Read more: https://t.co/QllW3PWW57
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In April, I drove for hours across Texas interviewing farmers battling deadly citrus pests and ravenous feral hogs. A handful of farm bill programs were addressing their plights--until Congress stopped funding them in December. Read what's next @BGOV: https://t.co/jtb0pRsYYI
