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Apr 29, 2021 | 1:56 PM
South Dakota Senator John Thune– a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee– and committee chairwoman Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow have reintroduced the Cover Crop Flexibility Act.
The legislation would remove the prohibition on harvesting or grazing cover crops on prevented plant acres prior to November 1 and allow this flexibility outside of the primary nesting season.
This legislation is an offshoot of Thune and Stabenow’s 2019 effort that led the US Department of Agriculture to make an administrative change that allowed for penalty-free haying and grazing, which significantly benefited states like South Dakota and Michigan. In 2020, Thune and Stabenow again requested that USDA move up the November 1 date to September 1, but the department only provided flexibility in certain counties in South Dakota and North Dakota. This bill would provide a permanent solution to this issue and create greater certainty fo
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The Biden Administration says its American Jobs Plan will improve infrastructure in South Dakota.
Prominent Republican leaders like South Dakota Senator John Thune are clashing with the administration. Thune calls the bill a Trojan horse.
The Biden-Harris Administration says infrastructure in South Dakota suffers from a lack of investment.
However, Senator John Thune calls the administration proposal “a long wishlist of liberal priorities” disguised as infrastructure.
“One Democrat even tweeted, and I quote‚ ‘Paid leave is infrastructure. Childcare is infrastructure. Caregiving is infrastructure.’ Well, actually, Madam President, no they are not.“
According to the White House, 43% of South Dakotans live in an area where demand for child-care programs outpaces capacity.
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The Republican Party’s so-called identity crisis post-2020 falls more into the category of the figurehead than policy. It’s all about who gets credit for any future, and in some cases past, success.
Take the current ”brouhaha” regarding former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Trump’s caustic language about the Kentucky Republican at a GOP donor retreat focused more on loyalty versus policy disagreements. His rant, if
The Washington Post and Newsmax are to be believed, is more about Senate Republicans upholding the Electoral College in last year’s election.