House, Senate farm leaders to meet again Thursday
December 11, 2013 | 06:50 PM
House and Senate Agriculture committee leaders have put intense pressure on their staffs to finish as much of the farm bill as possible by tomorrow when the four principal negotiators are planning to meet.
No location or time has been selected for House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., House Agriculture ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Senate Agriculture ranking member Thad Cochran, R-Miss., the aides said, but the meeting could result in the completion of a framework agreement that would diminish the need for the House to take up an extension of the 2008 farm bill.
Lucas filed an extension bill late Tuesday, but has said he would not push for it to be considered on the House floor if the principal negotiators are near an agreement that would be brought up when Congress returns in early January.
The Senate is scheduled to return January 6 and the House on January 7.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said an extension may be necessary, but Stabenow and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have said the Senate will not consider it.
No location or time has been selected for House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., House Agriculture ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Senate Agriculture ranking member Thad Cochran, R-Miss., the aides said, but the meeting could result in the completion of a framework agreement that would diminish the need for the House to take up an extension of the 2008 farm bill.
Lucas filed an extension bill late Tuesday, but has said he would not push for it to be considered on the House floor if the principal negotiators are near an agreement that would be brought up when Congress returns in early January.
The Senate is scheduled to return January 6 and the House on January 7.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said an extension may be necessary, but Stabenow and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have said the Senate will not consider it.
