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Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and his teammate, Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., center, serve up their concoction at Anheuser-Busch’s Congressional Brewing Competition at Nationals Park on Wednesday night.

Nunn, Budzinski offer a signature brew in beer contest

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 19, 2024 at 6:15am
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, said the White House action mirrors committee legislation. Ranking member Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said Congress still has to act on comprehensive legislation.

White House says Congress has to act on ‘de minimis’ tariffs

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 16, 2024 at 11:20am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Farmfest agricultural forum in April 2023 in Morgan, Minn.

Harris’ VP pick Walz backed farmers during time in Congress

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted August 6, 2024 at 4:55pm
Jon Arizti Sanz works in a Massachusetts lab on May 14 testing milk purchased at area grocery stores for the presence of bird flu.

Health officials report more Colorado workers infected with bird flu

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted July 30, 2024 at 5:46pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., is pushing to rein in food stamp costs and curb climate change funding.

Food stamps fight

By David Lerman and Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 28, 2024 at 4:05pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., left, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speak before a committee hearing in March, 2023.

Vilsack says House proposal threatens farm bill coalition

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 22, 2024 at 12:46pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., has scheduled the farm bill markup for Thursday.

Thompson’s animal welfare, whole milk priorities in farm bill

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 20, 2024 at 11:17am
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks during a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.

House, Senate farm bill summaries show SNAP, climate division

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 1, 2024 at 1:41pm
The highly contagious bird flu virus can impact both domestic and wild birds and is deadly to poultry.

Lawmakers gather information after Texas bird flu case

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted April 4, 2024 at 2:52pm
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., stops to speak to reporters as she arrives for the last votes of the week in the Capitol on Jan. 12, 2024.

In Congress and courts, a push for better care for trans prisoners

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 21, 2024 at 6:30am
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson isn't saying when he expects to bring a farm bill to the committee.

Lawmakers wrangle over rescissions from 2022 law for farm bill

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 7, 2024 at 5:30am
California Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs is part of a congressional coalition hoping to overhaul current privacy laws to give consumers more agency over their personal data, including the right to delete their information.

Lawmakers look at data privacy in post-Dobbs world

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 28, 2023 at 6:00am
Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., makes a statement prior to a closed-door Ways and Means Committee meeting to review additional evidence submitted by IRS whistleblowers regarding allegations of misdeeds by President Joe Biden and his family in the Longworth House Office Building on Wednesday.

Ways and Means votes to release more Hunter Biden documents

By Olivia M. Bridges and Laura Weiss
Posted September 27, 2023 at 5:42pm
Remote testimony can boost witness diversity, Democrats argue, but Republicans are rolling it back. Above, Ways and Means members prepare for a hybrid meeting in 2021.

As Republicans end remote testimony, Democrats worry about diversity

By Olivia M. Bridges and K. Sophie Will
Posted February 8, 2023 at 1:51pm