The House Thursday passed a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through Nov. 21 and avert a shutdown when Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 arrives Oct. 1.
The bill won approval 301-123, sending the measure off to the Senate where it is expected to pass and be signed by President Donald Trump.
The measure included restocking funding for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), but calls on USDA to provide a report by Oct. 31 detailing the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments and other aid efforts used by the administration to help the ag sector deal with trade impacts.
The efforts also revealed that partisanship has worked its way into the usually bipartisan world of agriculture, prompting a contentious exchange between Democrats and Republicans during a joint House Agriculture Subcommittee hearing on implementation of disaster and farm programs.
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