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Only Sixteen States Eligible for Organic Cost Share Funding 23 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a notice of funds availability for the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Organic Certification Cost-Share Program earlier this week in the...
House SNAP Cuts Will Eliminate Assistance for Millions, New Report Finds 23 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
Editor’s Note: We are sharing with our readers the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) new analysis of the forthcoming House food stamp bill, and then conclude with some of our own thoughts...
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Gassing Bill Passes out of Committee! voiceless-mi.org 15 Jun 2013 | 12:29 am
S.B. 354 passed out of the Senate Agriculture committee today with a 5-0 vote! On to the full Senate! Contact Senator Arlan Meekhof (click for his contact info) and politely ask him to hold a full sen...
Comprehensive, Multi-year Farm Bill Completion Urged cotton.org 2 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
The NCC is urging leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees to work expeditiously to resolve the differences between their respective farm bills so that Congress can take final action and...
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP COMMENTS ON FARM BILL AT AGRICULTURE ISSUES SUMMIT bishop.house.gov 8 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
PERRY, GA – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) joined Tom McCall, Georgia House Agriculture Committee Chairman; John Wilkinson, Georgia Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman; Gary B...
Bipartisanship exists! thecommonsensecoalition.com 21 Apr 2012 | 04:13 am
A recent Politico article spotted something that had been considered extinct in Washington: bipartisanship. The Senate Appropriations Committee, charged with vetting Government spending requests befor...
Colorado THC/DUI Bill Losing Momentum medicalmarijuananebraska.net 22 Apr 2011 | 04:31 am
Advocates for medical cannabis patient rights scored a victory yesterday when the Senate Judiciary committee voted to gut HB 11-1261, the THC/DUI bill. The Senators concluded that the issue of whether...
Republican Lawmaker Says School Funding Formula is ‘Built Upon Corruption’ fairschoolfunding.com 25 May 2012 | 06:16 am
Senator Michael Doherty (R-23), a member of the Senate Education Committee, appeared on NJTV’s NJ Today to talk about the need for his Fair School Funding plan. Doherty’s plan, which would implement ...
Doherty Applauds Education Fund Task Force Appointments to End Fraud fairschoolfunding.com 25 May 2012 | 06:11 am
April 5, 2012 – Contact: Jeremy Rosen / (609) 847-3600 Senator Michael Doherty, member of the Senate Education Committee, is excited to work with a new state task force filled Wednesday to end aspect...
Dodd No More Changes to Bailout Bill - The Hills Blog Briefing Room drawingnow.codegenies.com 30 May 2012 | 09:30 pm
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) said Wednesday there ambition be not further changes to the $700 billion financial rescue plan being voted aboard after surrounded the evening fo
Grading on a Curve: The Illusion of Excellence in Ohio’s Schools highability.wordpress.com 14 Nov 2011 | 10:22 pm
Three years ago, I sat in a Senate Finance committee hearing where a number of superintendents spoke of the need to eliminate spending requirements for excellent-rated school districts. Their logic wa...
Statement by Congressman Tim Holden Markup: H.R. 5509, the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act holden.house.gov 28 Jul 2010 | 04:00 pm
House Agriculture Committee The Chesapeake Bay is the nation's largest and most diverse estuary. It is a significant migration and wintering habitat that has been under stress and in decline for deca...
