To a Senator, this week’s Agriculture Committee Farm Bill markup was a textbook study in happy politicking. Committee Chair Pat Roberts (R, KS) and ranking member Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D, MI) reveled in plaudits for their leadership, the hard work of their outstanding staffs, and the sheer bipartisan beauty of S. 3042, The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.
The bill sailed through markup in a little less than 2 ½ hours, not bad for a 1,006-page piece of legislation and one against which 196 amendments were filed.
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