Policy Brief Summary The House elected Congressman Mike Johnson (LA) to Speaker of the House on October 25, 2023. There are discussions on the House side of getting their version of the Farm Bill complete by December, but the Senate has eyes on a one-year extension.  ...

Policy Brief Summary The House remains without a speaker.    Notes from a Senate Banking Committee Congressional Hearing feature testimony from two...

Policy Brief Summary: The House of Representatives remains without a speaker, but Senate Banking holds a subcommittee hearing on CDFIs, specifically hosting a representative from Native CDFI Oweesta as a witness to these organizations’ roles in community development...

Policy Brief Summary: October 13 is the final day for Tribes and ITOs to submit comment to USDA Food and Nutrition Service’s proposed parity rules impacting FDPIR and CSFP. Check out the IFAI resources and draft letter for those ITOs and Tribes interested here. The...

Policy Brief Summary: A government shutdown was temporarily averted with Congress signing a 45 day continuing resolution. While there are no meetings related to Tribal food and agriculture scheduled this week, last week, there were hearings on farmland management and...

Policy Brief Summary: Facing a government shutdown if Congress reaches no agreement by the end of September, the Office of Management and Budget instructed all agencies to update their shutdown contingency plans. A report by Government Executive shows that in the...

  IFAI Policy Brief   September 19, 2023  Policy Brief Summary:      Over the weekend, the House GOP dropped a potential continuing resolution to fund the government for another 30 days, while Congressional hearings on other issues continue. Two upcoming hearings...

  IFAI Policy Brief   September 12, 2023  Policy Brief Summary:      House committees begin their meetings this week post August recess; Senate committees were back the week of September 5th. While Congress has resumed activities, there are no scheduled hearings...

Policy Brief Summary: Members of Congress are on their way back to D.C. after the August recess. All eyes are on the end of the month government funding deadline. The Senate is back on September 5, while the House of Representatives begins session the week of...

Policy Brief Summary: Not only is August ending this week, but so is the Congressional recess. Shortly, lawmakers will be heading back to the Hill ahead of a government shutdown if a funding agreement can’t be reached. Before Congress reconvenes, there will be a...