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Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee blocked the GOP-led farm bill in a 10–11 vote, underscoring a deep partisan clash over SNAP nutrition aid and stalling reauthorization of the 2018 framework; Boozman recessed the panel after the vote, with Republicans offering a one-year SNAP delay while Democrats demand two years, signaling no clear path forward for the bill during the August recess.
Privately funded restoration of Alexander Calder’s 'Mountains and Clouds' will see the hanging clouds reinstalled in the Hart Senate Building after the August recess, while the Senate advances a busy docket: Republicans blocked a Democratic bid to stop Trump’s IRS audit-immunity deal, several Trump nominees (Labor’s Sonderling, CDC’s Schwartz, and ASPR’s Kaufman) moved closer to confirmation, and lawmakers plan to attach year-round E15 ethanol provisions to the farm bill, all amid ongoing budget talks and the looming August recess.
Iowa farmers face rising input costs (diesel, fertilizer, higher healthcare premiums after ACA subsidies expired), low crop prices, and ongoing policy uncertainty as Congress has not passed a new farm bill since 2018. Tariff disputes, the Iran war, and inflation further squeeze profitability, even as direct payments and some deregulation offers exist. While some crops like corn ride a supply-demand tailwind, many farmers say Trump’s promise of a 'golden age' for agriculture hasn’t materialized, underscoring the need for clearer policy and market access rather than slogans.
France’s Environment Minister Monique Barbut plans to resign after lawmakers passed a controversial farm bill that temporarily reauthorizes the banned pesticide acetamiprid for nut producers and doubles farmers’ water-storage allowances, a move she opposed that exposes rifts within Macron’s centrists and heightens tensions between environmental safeguards and agricultural interests.
Senate Republicans face a risk of stalling the long-awaited farm bill as Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization leaves them short of votes for a party-line markup, with Boozman aiming to mark up before the August recess while Democrats demand a SNAP cost-share delay and seek farm aid totaling about $20 billion via reconciliation; the updates also note Darline Graham’s swearing-in to Lindsey Graham’s seat and ongoing floor battles over immigration, defense, and budget reconciliation in both chambers.
Senate Agriculture Chair Boozman’s farm bill discussion draft advances without conceding Democrats' demand to delay the shift of some SNAP costs to states, jeopardizing bipartisan support; Democrats vow to oppose a bill that doesn’t push back on the cost-share change, while Boozman notes openness to discussion but cites budget concerns; a markup is planned after the July 4 recess, and lawmakers from both parties are weighing amendments as the House version mirrors several provisions and aims for a quick path to final passage.
The House voted 280-142 to remove pesticide labeling language from the farm bill after Make America Healthy Again activists pressured lawmakers, a win for MAHA-aligned Republicans and Democrats who argued the protections shield pesticide makers from lawsuits; Rep. Anna Paulina Luna led the amendment, with six Democrats voting to keep it and 73 Republicans backing the MAHA position. Separately, the House passed the GOP-led farm bill 224-200 as leadership sought to decouple the E15 plan and push DHS funding and other measures ahead of an upcoming recess, though Senate prospects remain uncertain.
House Republicans aim to pass the Senate-passed DHS funding bill—funding most of the department but not immigration enforcement—in a bid to end a 76-day shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson is weighing tweaks to remove explicit ICE/Border Patrol funding language or moving the bill on a fast-track floor vote, with a Thursday/ pre-recess deadline and pressure from the White House to act. The move comes amid ongoing farm-bill debates and other Capitol fights.
The House passed its GOP-led, budget-neutral farm bill 224-200, but the path forward in the Senate remains uncertain amid disagreements over climate-smart agriculture and nutrition funding. An attached plan to allow year-round E15 was decoupled from the bill for a standalone vote, and a MAHA-backed pesticide-labeling provision was stripped in a separate vote, signaling more negotiations before any final act.
House Republicans logged wins under Speaker Mike Johnson by advancing a budget framework to restart DHS immigration enforcement funding and a three-year FISA reauthorization, but the path faces Senate resistance and internal GOP battles, especially over the Farm Bill’s ethanol provision (E15) and a side deal to decouple it from the bill. Senate timing and opposition, plus warnings from GOP leaders like Sen. Thune about delays and political messaging on cost of living, threaten to derail momentum as lawmakers head into a weeklong recess.
House Speaker Mike Johnson faces deep Republican divisions as floor votes stall over the farm bill (with E15 language), a CBDC ban tied to FISA renewal, and a narrow budget plan for immigration enforcement, keeping DHS funding unresolved and the agenda in flux.
House Republicans cleared a procedural path to vote on three priorities—extending Section 702 surveillance powers (FISA), updating the farm bill, and a budget blueprint to fund immigration enforcement—after hard-line resistance and last-minute amendments. The 216-210 rule approval signals floor consideration despite intra-GOP objections over guardrails on surveillance, E15 fuel language, and pesticide-labeling provisions, with Senate skepticism about linking a digital currency ban to FISA. A planned farm-bill vote was delayed for more negotiations, as leaders aim to reopen the Department of Homeland Security funding shuttered for months.
A GOP revolt blocks a procedural rule to open debate on three major items—the FISA Section 702 extension, the farm bill (including E15 ethanol provisions), and the Senate-passed budget reconciliation package for ICE and CBP funding—leaving the House unable to move any of them. Hardline objections to FISA (warrant requirements) and tensions over farm-bill provisions have united holdouts, while the White House and Senate push back on concessions, suggesting a government shutdown risk if funding isn’t resolved. Leadership plans to keep the rule vote open to flip holdouts, a tactic that underscores ongoing intra-GOP tensions and procedural brinkmanship.
Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to move three GOP priorities—the three-year FISA extension, the farm bill with E15 language, and a narrow budget resolution for immigration enforcement funding—but internal House divisions and Senate hesitancy jeopardize passage, with some Republicans urging Trump to step in; a Wednesday procedural vote on the rules will be the moment to advance anything, though support remains uncertain.
House Republicans are negotiating to move three priority items—the three-year extension of the Section 702 spy law, the farm bill with pesticide labeling provisions, and a budget resolution—toward floor votes, but internal hard-liner opposition and ongoing negotiations threaten to delay action even as King Charles III visits the Capitol.