Washington Report for 2-16-15

By Steve Kopperud

Read this week's headlines below. 

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• House Ag Hearing Let’s Vilsack Know What’s Good, What’s Bad 
• USDA Says 2015 Farm Income to Hit Six-Year Low
• Wary of Budget Committee Cuts, House, Senate Ag say Look at Farm Bill Savings  
• Flake, Duncan Go after Crop Insurance Premiums
• CFTC Budget, Reauthorization Still in Play over Dodd-Frank
• Senators Move to End Trade Embargo with Cuba
• West Coast Port Situation Worsens; Taft-Hartley Option Awaits
• House Approves Senate Keystone Pipeline Bill, Veto Awaits
• Court Blocks EPA from Releasing Farmer Data 
• 32 Senators Tell EPA its RFS Delay is Hurting Biodiesel Producers
• Inhofe, Shelby Look to Regulatory Reversal Actions
• King Reintroduces State Competition Bill
• Syngenta Seeks Dismissal of 360-Plus Farmer Lawsuits