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Congress returns with ag work to do
Congress has returned from its two-week break with work still to do: the USMCA, and, budget and tax issues that affect agriculture.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said impeachment proceedings
won’t impact work being done on the US Mexico Canada Agreement. Democrats are
working with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on measures they want in
the deal to enforce labor and environmental standards.
The biodiesel industry is hoping for an extension of its
expired $1-dollar per gallon tax credit.
Congress passed a stopgap spending bill that runs out after
November 21st and there is no agreement yet on agency funding measures for
fiscal year 2020.
