Showing posts with label United States House Committee on the Budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States House Committee on the Budget. Show all posts

March 21, 2012

Deep cuts to agricultural budget from 2013

Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released a proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2013. If this bill is enacted the plan would cut spending to the agriculture sector in the United States by US$30 billion (€22.622 billion) over the next decade and that would mean that future farm bills would have to adhere to the limits imposed by this cut.

This proposed cut to the budget is to protect the future and help reverse the financial turmoil of the past few years. “Chairman Ryan's proposed budget demonstrates that House Republicans are willing to lead and make the difficult decisions necessary to tackle our debt and deficit crisis,” said Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, in a statement. While Lucas doesn’t “support every detail and proposed cut … writing and passing a budget is the most basic function of governing and requires leadership and political courage.” Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publisher. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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April 18, 2011

2012 Budget proposal passes House

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's 2012 budget proposal passed the House Friday by a vote of 235 to 193. Voting was mostly along party lines. House lawmakers also voted down additional budget proposals from House Democrats, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Conservative Republican Study Committee, the Congressional Black Caucus and moderate Democrat Jim Cooper of Tennessee.

It is likely the proposal will not see the light of day in the US Senate. The bill will, however, be a part of the larger fiscal spending discussion, along with the main Republican proposal and President Obama's own vision for long-term spending. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers

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