Farm Bill
    Senate — On June 20, the Senate concluded its consideration of its version of the 2012 farm bill. It considered 73 amendments to the bill passed out of the Agriculture Committee. Each amendment had a total of two minutes of debate – one minute in favor of the amendment and one minute against. 

Election Year & the U.S. House

    The rule of thumb in Washington is that there is not much legislating that goes on during an election year.  That observation will be absolutely true in 2012, for a number of reasons.