Senate Ag Committee member United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) thinks 2024 could be a turbulent year ahead for the farm and spending bills.
In 2023 Senator Chuck Grassley accurately predicted the one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill, and now he says that 2024 could bring more turbulence.
Standing in the way, two government shutdown deadlines short of agreement on full year spending bills, including USDA.
Moving the first deadline covering USDA will take legislation that Grassley fears some House conservatives will block, raising the prospect of a legislative end-run.
And maybe, the House. That, despite House and Senate leaders’ deal on a total top-line figure for spending bills.
The House defeated its earlier USDA spending bill over cuts to farm and food programs and an anti-abortion rider.
Some hardline conservatives call the new top-line deal a “total failure” and could force Speaker Johnson to again rely on Democrat votes, which cost former Speaker McCarthy his job.
