Farm Bill Deadline Looms -- Five Days til April 18th

In brief, there is still disagreement between the House and the Senate. Among items still in disagreement are the tax breaks in the Senate bill and the amount over baseline that the five year bill will exceed. More detail to follow as we move into this week.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi named the House conferees on April 9. They are: April 9, 2008 — Reps. Putnam, R-Fla.; McCrery, R-La.; Pomeroy, D-N.D.; Rangel, D-N.Y.; Graves, R-Mo.; Norton, D-D.C.; Oberstar, D-Minn.; Velazquez, D-N.Y.; Shuler, D-N.C.; McCaul, R-Texas; Lampson, D-Texas; Gordon, D-Tenn.; Jordan, R-Ohio; Waxman, D-Calif.; Bordallo, D-Guam; Smith, R-Texas; Scott, D-Va.; Conyers, D-Mich.; Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.; Sherman, D-Calif.; Bachus, R-Ala.; Waters, D-Calif.; Kanjorski, D-Pa.; Platts, R-Pa.; McCarthy, D-N.Y.; Neugebauer, R-Texas; Musgrave, R-Colo.; Hayes, R-N.C.; Moran, R-Kan.; Scott, D-Ga.; Lucas, R-Okla.; Goodlatte, R-Va.; Boswell, D-Iowa; Baca, D-Calif.; Etheridge, D-N.C.; Cardoza, D-Calif.; McIntyre, D-N.C.; Holden, D-Pa.; Towns, D-N.Y.;DeLauro, D-Conn.; Chabot, R-Ohio; Rahall, D-W.Va.; McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.; Berman, D-Calif.; Dingell, D-Mich.; Pallone, D-N.J.; Barton, R-Texas; Miller, D-Calif.; Peterson, D-Minn.