Washington Report for 4-18-16

By Steve Kopperud

Read this week's headlines below.

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• Senate Ag Panel Approves CFTC Reauthorization on Split Vote; Stabenow Says Bill Won’t Pass Senate
• House Appropriators Cut Ag Spending, Increase Projects in Flat FY2017 Ag/FDA Spending Bill Approval; Energy-Water Package Increases Corps of Engineers Waterways Spending
• Senate GM Labeling Battle to Go or Die
• GAO Takes Issue with USDA Biotech Rules Rewrite
• Canadian Pacific Walks Away from Effort to Take Over Norfolk Southern
• Food Security Act Passes House
• On-Farm Antibiotics Foes Target Food Retailers; Senators Target FDA over Alleged Farmer Misuse
• Crop Chemical Notes