Senate Ag Chair Urges House Counterparts to be in Washington Next Week
Source: By Jerry Hagstrom, DTN/Progressive Farmer • Posted: Friday, September 14, 2018
“We’re running out of time,” Roberts told reporters before a meeting with Conaway, Peterson and Senate Agriculture ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. The meeting was crucial in determining whether lawmakers can sprint to make the Sept. 30 deadline.
Noting that the key leaders have still not come to agreement on the budget for each title, he said lawmakers might not finish the bill until after the election. “It might have to be after the election. I don’t know.”
The Senate will hold only a pro forma session Thursday and will next convene on Monday at 5:30 p.m.