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ASA Backs Trans-Pacific Partnership, Will Press Congress to Approve

November 11, 2015

The American Soybean Association (ASA) endorses the recently released Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, and calls on Congress to take up and approve the agreement as quickly as possible. “The TPP is a good deal for ...

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USDA, Leaders of National Farm Groups to Discuss Importance of TPP in Kansas City

November 9, 2015

Representatives from six national farm groups will join U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Phil Karsting in Kansas City Wednesday for a press event to discuss the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ...

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House Passes Highway Bill

November 5, 2015

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Surface Transportation Reauthorization & Reform Act of 2015 by a vote of 363-64 on Thursday. The bill is a multi-year reauthorization of highway transportation programs, which would provide certainty ...

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Effort to Block WOTUS Fails in Senate, But Resolution of Disapproval Moves Forward

November 5, 2015

In Washington on Wednesday, the Senate defeated a motion to bring to the floor a bill that would have forced the Obama administration to replace its controversial Waters of the United States (WOTUS), now officially ...

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House Rejects Amendment to Allow Truck Weight Increases on Federal Interstates

November 5, 2015

During consideration of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act (the Highway Bill) on Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 187-236 to defeat an amendment offered by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI) to provide states the option ...

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