Washington Report for 3-30-15

By Steve Kopperud

Read this week's headlines below. 

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• House, Senate Pass FY2016 Budget Resolutions; Congress Goes on Spring Break
• FDA Announces Plan to Create Definitions, “Standards” on Feed, Pet Food Ingredients
• Senate Agriculture Committee Hears from States, Business on WOTUS
• USDA Proposes Long-Awaited “Actively Engaged” Rule to Limit Non-Farmer Payments 
• Former Speaker Hastert Goes to Bat for Ethanol, RFS; Goodlatte Leads Charge to Kill Pump Funding
• House Ag Subcommittee Holds CFTC End-User, Market Participant Hearings
• House Ag Committee Holds GM Labeling Hearing, Pompeo Reintroduces FDA Preemption Bill 
• House Ways & Means Approves Bill to Repeal Estate Tax
• Ryan Eyes Short-Term Highway Funding
• Governors Ask Court to Keep Block on Obama Immigration Actions