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Craig: farm bill negotiations ongoing, bipartisanship still unclear

The ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee tells Brownfield progress is being made on the farm bill.

Minnesota Democrat Angie Craig says leadership is working through the remaining titles.

“We are sitting down at the table, working with majority to share the Democratic priorities for what some are calling the skinny farm bill and majority are doing the same.”

With several freshman lawmakers new to the ag committee, she says they are taking time to consider additional input.

“And at the end of the day we’ll see, once we get real text back from the majority, whether this is going to be a bipartisan process that takes our priorities into account as well. And then of course the hard part, you’ve got to figure out how to pay for it.”

Craig says one potential sticking point is if the majority seeks additional cuts to the nutrition program, which would make negotiations “very tough.”