Skye Witley
Agriculture Reporter at Bloomberg Government
Reporting on agricultural policy @BGov + writing Farm Brief newsletter every Thursday | Before: @BLaw, @TheEagleOnline | Signal: switley.89
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4 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Skye Witley
Senate Agriculture Committee members advanced by voice vote Tuesday legislation that would reintroduce fattier milk options to federally paid school lunches for the first time in more than a decade. The bipartisan legislation (S. 222) now awaits a floor vote in the Senate and also the House, where House Agriculture panel members advanced that chamber’s version of the bill (H.R. 649) earlier this year.
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4 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Katherine Rizzo |Jack Fitzpatrick |Skye Witley |Ellen M. Gilmer
Ready for Trump’s Clawback ListThis could be the day the White House gives Congress its long-talked-about $9.3 billion package of spending clawbacks from USAID, public broadcasting, and more. Last week, OMB Director Russell Vought said a request to formally undo previous spending decisions would be transmitted either yesterday or today. Once the White House provides a list, the targeted funds will be on hold for 45 legislative days while Congress decides whether to say yes.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Jonathan Tamari |Maeve Sheehey |Erin Durkin |Jack Fitzpatrick |Skye Witley |Oma Seddiq | +3 more
GOP Senators objected to key tax, Medicaid provisionsUpper chamber has less concern for SALT tax deductionNow the Senate has its say. After House Republicans spent weeks piecing together the massive tax and border package that advanced out of the chamber Thursday morning, senators immediately made it clear that for them, it’s just a starting point. “The Senate’s going to want to put its own stamp on this,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) put it more stridently.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Skye Witley
Two nominees for key US Agriculture Department roles advanced out of the Senate Agriculture Committee in Wednesday votes. • Panel unanimously advanced Luke Lindberg to lead USDA’s trade and foreign agricultural affairs. Lindberg is currently South Dakota Trade’s CEO and a senior fellow at America First Policy Institute think tank, founded by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins• Devon Westhill also advanced for agency’s assistant secretary for civil rights in party-line 12-11 vote.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bgov.com | Skye Witley
Two nominees for key US Agriculture Department roles advanced out of the Senate Agriculture Committee in Wednesday votes. • Panel unanimously advanced Luke Lindberg to lead USDA’s trade and foreign agricultural affairs. Lindberg is currently South Dakota Trade’s CEO and a senior fellow at America First Policy Institute think tank, founded by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins• Devon Westhill also advanced for agency’s assistant secretary for civil rights in party-line 12-11 vote.
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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
RT @Alicia_Diaz23: NEWS: The list of ~20 countries that the US is engaging in initial trade talks with includes major exporters that the US…
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
