{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ernst.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=C5D12A59-CDDE-4E6C-8CFA-B6F728AB1328", "Radio Iowa: Ernst optimistic Farm Bill reaches president in December", "2018-11-30", "2018", "2018-11", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Joni Ernst", "E000295", "www.ernst.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Joni Ernst says there appears to be a breakthrough in negotiations on the Farm Bill.\r\nI am hopeful that the deal gets done by the end of the year,Ernst told Radio Iowa. I think we have reached an agreement in the conference committee, so that is really good news for our farmers and ranchers of Iowa.\r\nErnst is the only Iowan on a conference committee that's been struggling for weeks to reconcile House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill. A provision championed by Iowa's other Senator, Chuck Grassley, is not in the final deal. It would have imposed limits on farm subsidy payments to non-farmers. Republicans in the House had been pressing for new work requirements for food stamp recipients. That's not in the final version either.\r\nThat has been worked out between the House and the Senate and so I do believe that we will be able to move forward and get that bill on the floor of the Senate as soon as possible,Ernst said.\r\nErnst indicated the Republican leader in the senate who decides which bills get debated has assured her a vote on the Farm Bill will happen in the Senate in December.\r\nSo as we're laying out the road map for the rest of 2018  the lame duck' session  the Farm Bill has been included in that mix,Ernst said. I believe that we will getthis done. We will get it to the president and he will get it signed and reauthorized.\r\n...\r\nTo read the article in full, clickhere.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.ernst.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=C5D12A59-CDDE-4E6C-8CFA-B6F728AB1328"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6637810040265322, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}