Senate to Mark up Long Overdue Farm Bill
The 983-page bill would expand crop insurance and rural programs while delaying new SNAP cost-sharing for states.
- On Thursday, the Senate Agriculture Committee recessed without advancing the Agricultural Act, with lawmakers unable to reach consensus on SNAP cost-sharing requirements. The committee voted 10-11 on the measure.
- Disagreements centered on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which mandates states cover nutrition benefit costs. Senate Agriculture Committee John Boozman proposed delaying the requirement, but Democrats wanted a two-year delay for all states.
- States with SNAP payment error rates of 6% or higher face new financial burdens. Arkansas faces an $18 million shortfall in administrative expenses, with costs rising to nearly $24 million next year.
- Senate Democrats opposed the cost-sharing shift. Policy analyst Katie Bergh, at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, warned SNAP benefit costs will "become very real very quickly" for state legislatures.
- Despite the impasse, the Agricultural Act authorizes year-round E15 gasoline sales nationwide. Boozman plans to reconvene the committee after the August recess to reconsider the measure.
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Senate to mark up long overdue farm bill
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate has released its version of the five-year farm bill and plans to mark it up in committee Thursday, finally making progress on the critical agricultural policy package.
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