Washington Week Ahead: House debates FY23 spending measure, FDA faces spotlight

The House this week will debate a package of six spending bills that includes funding for departments and agencies critical to agriculture, and Republicans are pushing for votes on amendments aimed at highlighting key parts of President Joe Biden’s regulatory agenda.

Also this week, top officials from the Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to be grilled at a Senate hearing about their oversight of food safety.

Democrats’ legislative agenda is rapidly shrinking with the August recess and fall campaign looming and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., apparently killing Democrats’ hopes for anything but a relatively narrow budget reconciliation bill. Manchin reportedly objects to including anything but some health care measures. That would dash chances for passing new clean energy tax incentives and funding for farm bill conservation programs. Read more