Daren Bakst is director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment.
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While the House of Representatives voted today to rejoin its food stamp bill with its agriculture-only farm bill, it took a critical step to ensure… Read More
Some congressional leaders have a shocking new strategy to force through a farm bill at any cost. They are threatening to allow the price of… Read More
Lawmakers return to Washington today with only nine legislative days in the House before some farm bill programs expire at the end of the month…. Read More
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other self-appointed nutrition czars are probably very upset. The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously… Read More
The federal government has spent more than $3 billion over the past 35 years to help multinational agriculture businesses with their overseas marketing. Taxpayers pay… Read More
When the House passed its “farm-only” farm bill last week, there was plenty to be critical about, including how the bill was rushed through the… Read More
House Republicans passed a farm bill today with a vote of 216 to 208. When the House leadership first announced it would separately consider the… Read More
The House is expected to separate food stamps from the agriculture programs of the farm bill. This would be a major victory for those seeking… Read More
The recently defeated House farm bill was fundamentally flawed. The House can now fix these flaws by going back to the drawing board and developing… Read More
The House’s rejection of the food stamp/farm bill was a major victory for fiscal responsibility and limited government. Instead of adopting a fundamentally flawed $1… Read More
The House farm bill would spend more than Obama on the most expensive farm program. Yes, you read that right. President Obama hasn’t all of… Read More
The House is expected to take up its farm bill this week. As it does, legislators should bear in mind the excessive costs of the… Read More
The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a $1 trillion package of agriculture subsidies and welfare benefits that exemplifies warped federal policy. Within… Read More
It’s never too early for Washington, D.C., politicians to dampen the holiday spirit. The House Agriculture Committee approved an amendment to its farm bill that… Read More
Crop insurance is probably not the first thing you want to talk about at a cocktail party. It isn’t sexy. However, it starts looking a… Read More
Sometimes things go better together than you’d think, such as bacon and chocolate, or Hall and Oates, however, not all combinations work. For years, some… Read More
Every five years or so, Congress reauthorizes recurring legislation known as the “Farm Bill.” The Senate and House Agriculture Committees are expected to mark up… Read More
