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House Passes Farm Bill Extension- Senate Unlikely to Agree as Farm Bill Finale Pushed to January

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:43:22 CST

Disagreements over the commodity title have further delayed Congress from completing a farm bill by the end of the year. The four principals (Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla.) have been exploring various ways to frame the commodity title in order to please all parties while staying within their budget target. This has proved to be difficult, and the negotiations and a possible vote on the final package have been pushed to January when Congress returns from the Holiday recess.

Chairman Lucas (R-Okla.) filed a one-month extension of the 2008 farm bill on Tuesday night, which passed the House floor Thursday afternoon by a voice vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has said that any extension the House passes is dead on arrival in the Senate.

The possibility of the "dairy cliff" dairy prices rising significantly on January 1 once permanent law kicks in is a significant motivator to move on an extension. However, Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) stated that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack assured her there would be no impacts on dairy prices in January. This allows negotiators to continue their work and prepare a conference committee report that can be voted on early next month. On the floor of the House, Lucas made the case to his colleagues that cerainty over the dairy issue would be in place if the extension was passed, which the House agreed to. California Democrat Jim Costa urged a "no" vote on the extension, saying that there is adequate progress on completing a farm bill and that the extension is unnecessary.

Lucas agreed that the farm bill conference leadership has made "significant progress" and that extensions are nothing new- the 2002 farm law was extended six times before the 2008 farm law was finally adopted.

The full conversation about the extension between Mr. Lucas and Mr. Costa and the vote that followed took less than 6 minutes- click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear this give and take on HR 3695.



   
   

Congressmen Frank Lucas and Jim Costa Debate HR 3675- the Farm Bill Extension right-click to download mp3

 

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