NGFA Issues: Congress
Senate Approves Financial Regulatory Reform Bill (7/15/10)
Reid Vows to Bring Energy, Climate-Change Bill to Senate Floor in July (7/15/10)
House Committee Sets July 21 Meeting to Approve Expansive OSHA Bill (7/15/10)
House Ag Appropriations Subcommittee Boosts Fiscal Year 2011 Funding for CFTC, FDA (7/13/10)
Final Approval of Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Delayed (7/1/10)
Obama Commits to Pursuing Ratification of U.S.-Korea FTA (7/1/10)
House Ag Committee Approves Bill Expanding Ag Trade with Cuba (7/1/10)
Senate Consideration of Bill Extending Tax Breaks Collapses Amid Concern over Impact on Budget Deficit (6/25/10)
Senators Named to Financial Regulatory Reform Conference Committee (6/3/10)
Senate to Consider Tax Break Bill Upon Return from Memorial Day Recess (6/3/10)
Senate Vote Set for June on Bill Revoking EPA's Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases (5/28/10)
Senate Approves Financial Regulatory Reform Bill (5/20/10)
NGFA Urges Senate to Take 'Reasoned Approach' to Financial Regulatory Reform Bill (5/12/10)
Senate Continues Floor Debate on Financial Regulatory Reform Bill (5/6/10)
Senate Ag Committee Approves Financial Reform Bill (4/22/10)
Senate Floor Action on Food/Feed Safety Bill Delayed to May (4/22/10)
Senators Plan to Introduce Climate-Change/Energy Bill on April 26 (4/22/10)
Work on Senate Food/Feed Safety Bill Halted by Attempt to Legislatively Ban Use of Chemical in Food, Beverage Packaging (4/8/10)
Senate Staff Continues Work on Final Version of Senate Food/Feed Safety Bill (4/2/10)
Unveiling of Senate Climate-Change Bill Scheduled for Mid-April (3/26/10)
Senate Banking Committee Approves Sweeping Regulatory Reform Bill (3/26/10)
NGFA, Ag Producer, Agribusiness, Meat Groups Continue Efforts to Further Improve Senate Food/Feed Safety Bill (3/11/10)
Senate Passes Second 'Jobs' Bill; Includes Biodiesel Tax Credit (3/11/10)
House Subcommittee Examines Commodity Exchange Act Provisions of 2008 Farm Law (3/11/10)
Senate Passes Pared Down Jobs Bill; Looks for Second Bite at Apple (2/25/10)
Reid Presses for Climate, Energy Bill as EPA Lays Down Marker (2/25/10)
White House Proposes to Require Agencies to Consider Greenhouse Gases, Climate-Change Impacts When Weighing Policy Actions (2/25/10)
President, Congress Seek Clarity in Agenda Following State of the Union, Massachusetts Election Shake-Up (1/28/10)
Administration, Congressional Democrats Recalibrating Legislative Agenda Following Senate Election in Massachusetts (1/25/10)
House Committee Scheduled to Begin Examination of Freight Rail Reform on Feb. 11 (1/25/10)
Inland Waterways Users Board Approves Plan to Improve Project Delivery (1/14/10)
Outlook for Major Federal Policy Issues in 2010 (12/29/09)
Impacts of Climate-Change Legislation – A Look at Troubling Numbers (12/29/09)
New Senate Agriculture Subcommittee Leadership Announced (12/29/09)
Senate Committee Adopts Major New Rail Reform Legislation (12/17/09)
House Approves Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation (12/17/09)
Obama Heads to Climate-Change Talks as Impasse Widens (12/17/09)
House Ag Subcommittee Conducts Hearings on Impact of Climate-Change Bill on Ag (12/3/09)
Senate Committee Approves Major Food/Feed Safety Bill (11/19/09)
House Ag Committee Approves Derivatives Regulation Bill (10/22/09)
Senate Committee Set to Start Deliberations on Climate-Change Bill (10/22/09)
Congress Appropriates $5.4 Billion for Waterway Projects (10/22/09)
Confirmation Hearing Provides Little Insight on CFTC Nominees (10/8/09)
Senate Version of Cap-and-Trade Climate-Change Bill Introduced (10/8/09)
Trade Issues Addressed as Congress Completes Ag Appropriations Bill (10/8/09)
House Judiciary Committee Approves Rail Antitrust Bill
Siddiqui Nominated Chief Ag Trade Negotiator
House Passes Three-Month Extension of Highway Bill
Senate Climate-Change Bill Expected to be Introduced Soon; Progress Likely Slow
Senate Leaders Delay Introduction of Climate-Change Bill
Kennedy's Death to Shift Important Senate Committee Assignments
NGFA Voices Concerns to Senate on Climate-Change Legislation
Senate Approves Ag, FDA Appropriations Bill
House Approves Major Food-Feed Safety Bill
Hearings for Chair of Surface Transportation Board Reveal Little
House Subcommittee Approves Rail Antitrust Bill
NGFA Joins U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Urging Congress to Exercise Caution in Reforming Health Care
House May Consider Food-Feed Safety Legislation Next Week
Texan Appointed to Senate Agriculture Committee
NGFA Preparing to Testify at July 21 Senate Hearing on CBOT Wheat Futures Contract
House Ag Committee Conducts Hearing on Food Safety Legislation
Senate to Delay Work on Climate-Change Bill Until September
Senate Committee Approves 18-Month Highway Bill Extension
Senate Study Released on CBOT Wheat Futures Market Performance
Discussions Continue on Changes to House Food/Feed Safety Bill
Focus on Climate-Change Legislation Shifts to Senate
House Panel Starts on Surface Transportation Bill Despite Obama Plea
Negotiations Reach Critical Stage on House Climate-Change Bill
House Subcommittee to Conduct June 3 Hearing on Major Food/Feed Safety Legislation
House Committee Nears Passage of Climate Bill
House Committee Nears Passage of Climate Bill
Obama Administration Proposes New Biofuels Standard