Philip Brasher

Editor, Executive Briefing, Agriculture and Food, Roll Call

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RT @SteveKingIA: #Immigration: Illegal aliens in House Judiciary Committee room during hearing today. How can we secure border if we can't …
Philip Brasher Editor, Executive Briefing, Agriculture and Food, Roll Call @PhilipBrasher
No more #farmbill votes today.
Philip Brasher Editor, Executive Briefing, Agriculture and Food, Roll Call @PhilipBrasher
Senate votes 45-54 to preserve the #sugar program - again.
Philip Brasher Editor, Executive Briefing, Agriculture and Food, Roll Call @PhilipBrasher
Yep RT @ChrisClaytonDTN Sanders talking re need for study from USDA on ways climate change will affect farmers...USDA has tons of such info
Philip Brasher Editor, Executive Briefing, Agriculture and Food, Roll Call @PhilipBrasher
RT @FarmPolicy: Last year, @SenSanders amd on GMO labeling rec'd only 26 votes, news release from June 21, 2012- goo.gl/lXFky

Senate Votes on Sanders’ Food Labeling Amendment

sanders.senate.gov — "This is the very first time a bill on labeling genetically engineered food has been brought before the Senate. It was opposed by virtually every major food corporation in the country. While we wish we could have gotten more votes, this is a good step forward and something we are going to continue to work on.
Philip Brasher Editor, Executive Briefing, Agriculture and Food, Roll Call @PhilipBrasher
Happens to us all RT @BloombergNews42s Pritzker inadvertently understated her income by $80 million
Philip Brasher Editor, Executive Briefing, Agriculture and Food, Roll Call @PhilipBrasher
.@SenSanders says he'll get vote on allowing states to require labeling of #GMO foods. #farmbill
Philip Brasher Editor, Executive Briefing, Agriculture and Food, Roll Call @PhilipBrasher
Senate takes up @SenatorShaheen's #farmbill amdmnt to gut #sugar program. Vote later.
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RT @Benshemp: Senator Leahy Signals Support for #Hemp Legalization in #FarmBill huff.to/1a6Hl7S @HuffPostPol @ryangrim @votehemp @H…

Patrick Leahy Signals Support For Hemp Legalization

By Ryan Grim
huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON -- Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday signaled to advocates that he would support an amendment to the farm bill that will legalize industrial hemp production, according to Tom Murphy of Vote Hemp. Leahy's office, he said, told the group Rural Vermont that he'd be backing the effort, and a Leahy aide confirmed his support to HuffPost.
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RT @tmilitana: #FarmBill debate on food benefits spills into a second day ($) cq.com/doc/news-42817…
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