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ASA Hails WRRDA Conference Report, Calls for Quick House, Senate Passage

May 16, 2014

ST. LOUIS (May 15, 2014) – The leaders of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and Senate Environment & Public Works Committee released the conference report for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) ...

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Senate Trying to Move Forward on Tax Extenders Package

May 15, 2014

As communicated in an American Soybean Association (ASA) Action Alert earlier this week, the full U.S. Senate is considering the tax extenders package passed by the Senate Finance Committee in April. The tax extenders package includes ...

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Senators Hold Press Conference in Support of Biodiesel

May 15, 2014

In a press conference on Wednesday, Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) highlighted the need for reinstatement of the biodiesel tax ...

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Soy Growers Praise Biodiesel Support from Farm State Senators

May 15, 2014

American Soybean Association (ASA) President Ray Gaesser, a farmer from Corning, Iowa, praised Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), for speaking ...

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Senate Committee Unveils Draft Highway Bill

May 15, 2014

This week the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee released their proposed highway bill, which would reauthorize the Federal-aid highway program at the baseline level – equal to current funding plus inflation – for ...

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