Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
House Rules Committee approves structured rule for farm bill after hours of contentious debate over blocked amendments
Summary
After hours of debate and repeated roll-call votes, the House Rules Committee approved a structured rule to consider H.R.7567 and other measures. Members on both sides accused the majority of blocking amendments and shutting colleagues out of the process, while others urged immediate floor action on funding measures.
The House Rules Committee on May 1 approved a structured rule to govern floor consideration of H.R.7567, the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026, after a long meeting dominated by dispute over which amendments would be allowed.
The rule, introduced by the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Scott, waives certain points of order, deems an amendment-in-the-nature-of-a-substitute adopted and sets out which further amendments may be offered and in what order. The motion to grant the rule was debated at length and ultimately approved by the committee.
Representative Jim McGovern (Massachusetts), the committee’s senior Democrat, led repeated objections to the process, arguing that “a lot of very consequential and important amendments were just blocked” and that the committee’s handling of amendments showed…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
