House to Consider HR 8646 – FY 2027 ARD Spending

Today, the House will take up HR 8646, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, (ARD) 2027. Yesterday, the House passed the rule (H Res 1333) for the consideration of this bill by an expected straight party-line vote of 211 to 207. That resolution provides a structured rule with 26 amendments (pgs 6-7) approved for consideration by the House. None of those amendments are of specific interest here. 

I expect that the bill will pass today on a near party-line vote. Consideration in the Senate will be delayed until the Senate Appropriations Committee introduces their version of the bill, which should receive mor bipartisan support. That language will then be substituted during the Senate consideration of HR 8646.