House Panel Holds Off on Rewriting Five-Year Agriculture Law
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The House Agriculture Committee canceled tentative plans to draft a new farm bill after its top Democrat sought a commitment that the legislation will be considered by the full chamber, according to committee leaders.
“There’s going to be no markup in the foreseeable future without it,” Representative Collin Peterson of Minnesota said today in an interview. Peterson had said the committee would meet on Feb. 27, and that “is off.”