The farm bill may face some competition for floor time from a new move to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) when Congress reconvenes in January.

The farm bill may face some competition for floor time from a new move to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) when Congress reconvenes in January. House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) is urging Democratic colleagues to withhold their vote for a farm bill until an EUC bill can be passed. The savings in the farm bill may be needed to pass the EUC bill, according to Van Hollen. Unemployment benefits expire at the end of the year. An extension package was introduced on 20 November by the Ways and Means Committee that would allow states to pr...