\nOverview
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n In Washington these days, everyone and everything appear to be completely off balance at times.\u00a0 On any given day and on any given issue, there are several competing forces in play.\u00a0 The liberal and conservative media report on the same topic from such differing perspectives that it\u2019s hard sometimes to believe they\u2019re talking about the same subject.\u00a0\u00a0 Caucuses within political parties play the spoiler as much as competing parties once were.\u00a0 Every time a bipartisan solution begins to develop, there\u2019s a rush to discredit it no matter how good or bad it is.\u00a0 Unsubstantiated reporting seems to be rampant and every blogger tries to be an expert. \u00a0Social media at times is as important as factual information in forming a large chunk of public opinion.\u00a0<\/p>\n Heavy political attention and big campaign dollars are already turning toward midterm elections this fall.\u00a0 Primary campaigns are underway in many states for Senators and districts for Representatives.\u00a0 Close to 20 senior House Republicans have announced their retirement, sparking excitement among Democrats about their possibility to recapture the House majority.\u00a0 Democrats may be unlikely to gain control of the Senate since 26 Democrats and just eight Republicans are up for reelection.\u00a0\u00a0 Most incumbent Republican senators continue to be popular back home.\u00a0 Legislation has been slow to move and will get even slower now.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the legislative window is closing.\u00a0 By Memorial Day, any action on bills will be hard to come by.\u00a0 By Labor Day, campaigning takes over the legislative highway and most legislation goes into neutral.<\/p>\n \n\n\nCoalitions
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n This is an especially active time for coalitions .The National Grange is an active member of several major coalitions in Washington concerned with health care (Medicare and Medicaid, drug availability, access to care,\u00a0 , telecommunications (broadband, Lifeline, net neutrality), rural schools, farm bill, \u00a0immigration, infrastructure, tax reform and other coalitions on lesser issues.<\/p>\n Two new coalitions are depending upon the Grange to carry the message of rural and small town citizens to Congress, the media and the public.\u00a0 The Coalition for Paper Options was formed to assure citizens continue to have the option to receive government information, reports and questionnaires via paper if they so choose.\u00a0 The campaign by federal agencies to quietly force the public to go paperless before they\u2019re ready ignores the fact that over 23 million rural and small town folks lack broadband access.\u00a0 An op-ed by Burton Eller addressing government agencies forcing citizens to go paperless before they\u2019re ready appeared in Washington\u2019s The Hill Newsletter. \u00a0<\/p>\n Connect Americans Now Coalition proposes to use available broadcast spectrum or \u201cTV White Spaces\u201d to deliver broadband to rural areas.\u00a0 Unassigned spectrum below 700 MHz can carry communications over far greater distances and penetrate walls and other obstacles and supposedly can wave across and around hills and mountains.\u00a0 The Federal Communications Commission will have to approve reallocation of this unused spectrum.\u00a0 The only opposition may be the broadcasting industry.<\/p>\n \n\n\nFood and Agriculture
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n Budget and Farm Bill <\/strong><\/p>\nThe Senate and House Agriculture Committees heaved a huge sigh of relief when the two-year budget deal won approval in Congress.\u00a0 Contained therein were lynchpin \u201cfixes\u201d for dairy and cotton producers.\u00a0 Funding offsets for these farm policy revisions will not have to be accounted for in the 2018 Farm Bill baseline, thus removing a huge obstacle from upcoming farm bill negotiations.\u00a0 The National Grange supported this action in line with policy adopted in Spokane.<\/p>\n Other Provisions included in the budget deal would:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \n- Include $2.4 billion in aid to producers hurt by last year\u2019s hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters<\/li>\n
- Lift the $125,000 payment cap for producers who sold livestock at a reduced price due to natural disaster<\/li>\n
- Remove the $20 million cap on the Emergency Assistance Program for livestock, honey bees and farm-raised fish<\/li>\n
- Double acreage eligible for the Tree Assistance Program from 500 to 1,000 acres<\/li>\n
- Revive the dollar\/gallon tax credit for biodiesel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ranking minority member of the House Agriculture Committee Colin Peterson (D-MN) is also gathering support for an additional dairy policy change that would allow dairymen to insure margins (difference between milk prices and feed costs) up to $9.50 from the current $8 limit.<\/p>\n We expect committee actions on the 2018 Farm Bill to move right along once they start.\u00a0 Agriculture is one of the few areas where bipartisanship is still possible.\u00a0\u00a0 The big unknown will be scheduling Senate and House floor time earlier rather than later in an election year.<\/p>\n Waivers for Agricultural Haulers <\/strong><\/p>\nProducers continue asking the Department of Transportation to grant agricultural haulers a waiver and limited exemption from the electronic logging device mandate because of commodity perishability.\u00a0 .\u00a0 The exemption excludes the transportation of all agricultural commodities within 150 miles of the source of the commodities.\u00a0 Further, longer-haul livestock truckers need hours of service waivers in order to rapidly and humanely move animals in challenging conditions.\u00a0 The National Grange supports these waivers and exemptions.<\/p>\n \n\n\nHealth Care
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n IPAB<\/strong><\/p>\nThe National Grange was very active in the permanent repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in the recent two year congressional budget package. \u00a0IPAB, authorized in the Affordable Care Act, was to be a board of Presidential appointees charged with recommending cuts to Medicare if spending growth reached an arbitrary level.\u00a0 The HHS Secretary would implement recommendations.\u00a0 Neither the recommendations nor the actions would be subject to administrative or judicial review.\u00a0<\/p>\n Medicare Part D Costs<\/strong><\/p>\nBetsy Huber wrote Seema Vera, Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, supporting the Director\u2019s Request for Information (RFI) on lowering Medicare Part D costs.\u00a0 A major objective is to drive down patient out-of-pocket costs at pharmacy counters.\u00a0 CMS hopes to identify ways to increase\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0accountability for Pharmacy Benefit Managers and make it harder for them to pocket rebates and discounts intended for patients.<\/p>\n Rural Health Care <\/strong><\/p>\nCongress\u2019 budget deal restored funding for two critical rural health programs.\u00a0 Community Health Centers were allocated $3.8 billion for 2018 and $4 billion for 2019.\u00a0 CHCs care for about 27 million patients nationwide.\u00a0 Congress extended the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program for another ten years.\u00a0 CHIP serves as a safety net for about 8.6 million kids nationwide. The National Grange supported these initiatives.<\/p>\n Opioid Help<\/strong><\/p>\nCongress is moving to take a second crack at opioid legislation as the crisis grows to more than 42,000 deaths per year.\u00a0 On the House side, Energy and Commerce Chairman Walden (R-OR.) is pushing to have legislation out of the House by Memorial Day.\u00a0 Senators Portman (R-OH) and Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are crafting legislation in the Senate.\u00a0 Opioid recovery professionals stress the need to bolster the opioid addiction treatment system with infrastructure, treatment spots, more facilities and treatment professionals.\u00a0 The National Grange supports these initiatives.<\/p>\n 340B Specialty Drugs<\/strong><\/p>\nNational Grange president Betsy joined 23 major patient advocacy groups to thank Senate and House sponsors of legislation to return the 340B specialty drug discount program to its original intent of helping vulnerable patients.\u00a0 Lack of program oversight and lax regulations have caused greater profits for hospitals and fewer discounts for vulnerable and uninsured patients.\u00a0 The legislation would require hospitals to disclose how they reinvest 340B revenue to increase charity care for patients.<\/p>\n \n\n\nImmigration
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n False Start<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Senate turned to open-ended immigration debate the week of February 12.\u00a0 Debate ended four days later with no immigration solutions in sight.\u00a0 The core objective was to see if Senators could somehow agree on a \u201cfour pillars\u201d strategy that President Trump and a bipartisan group of lawmakers initially agreed to.\u00a0 The four pillars consisted of a fix for:<\/p>\n \n- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA or \u201cDreamers\u201d)<\/li>\n
- A border security package<\/li>\n
- Family-based immigration (\u201cChain Migration\u201d)<\/li>\n
- The diversity lottery (Visas to immigrants from countries with historically low migration levels)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ag Workers<\/strong><\/p>\nAgriculture producers are still looking for a fix to the ag workforce crisis.\u00a0 Ag lobbyists (including the Grange) were hoping\u00a0 for an immigration package to pass the\u00a0 Senate so the House could include Goodlatte\u2019s (R-VA) Ag Act creating a new and simpler H-2C two year work permit program for agriculture.\u00a0 Frankly, any chance now for an ag worker bill to pass Congress in this election year may be slim.<\/p>\n \u00a0Complications<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile most producers support Goodlatte\u2019s proposed H-2C ag worker bill, the Western Growers (fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, tree nuts) are now opposing it.\u00a0 The Growers object to the requirement that long-time ag workers must return to their home countries to apply for a new H-2C visa.\u00a0 This split among Agriculture further dooms chances for ag worker legislation for a while.<\/p>\n \n\n\nInfrastructure
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n Debate on the Hill now moves to infrastructure.\u00a0 Rural infrastructure needs are a priority for both the Administration and Congress.\u00a0 President Trump still insists that 25 percent of any infrastructure funding package go to rural areas.\u00a0 The President and Congress say rural broadband expansion is a priority corner post within rural infrastructure as is rural health care.\u00a0 Keeping these two priorities at the forefront of the infrastructure agenda for the President and Congress will be a challenge for the Grange.<\/p>\n \n\n\nTelecommunications
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n Lifeline<\/strong><\/p>\nLifeline is a government program, funded by the Universal Service Fund, to provide low income, elderly, disabled and disadvantaged citizens with connectivity to the rest of the world.\u00a0 For most of Lifeline users, service is a nominal landline or wireless monthly plan.\u00a0 The majority of Lifeline customers get services from wireless resellers. A 2017 GAO report found cases of waste, fraud and abuse by some resellers.\u00a0 Subsequently, some members of Congress and the Federal Communications Commission are proposing to remove wireless resellers from the market.\u00a0 Betsy Huber has written the FCC and several legislators on the Hill to say that while the Grange strongly objects to waste, fraud and abuse, there are reputable resellers in the market and let\u2019s not \u201cthrow the baby out with the bath water.\u201d<\/p>\n Net Neutrality<\/strong><\/p>\nNet Neutrality is a tough issue, principally because of its name.\u00a0 Net Neutrality defines broadband as a communications service that essentially makes it a public utility.\u00a0 Well, everyone doesn\u2019t need the same service at the same price for the same priorities at the same speed.\u00a0 FCC Chairman Pai is proposing to classify broadband as an information service not subject to 1930\u2019s telephone monopoly regulations.\u00a0 The Grange has supported Chairman Pai\u2019s proposal at the FCC and to several members of Congress.\u00a0 The Grange\u2019s mission is to connect rural and small town America\u2019s schools, libraries, farms, hospitals, clinics, first -responders and entrepreneurial start-ups.\u00a0 Because of distance and sparse populations, the \u201cpay-for\u201d is not there under the utility \u2013based system like Net Neutrality.\u00a0 New connectivity technology is evolving fast that can get through buildings, around hills and over mountains over longer distances. \u00a0For rural America, it\u2019s all about getting connected, not how fast or how cheaply Snapchat, video games, latest movies or other apps download<\/p>\n Broadband Via \u201cTV White Spaces\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\nWhite spaces refer to unused low frequencies that operate below 700MHz.\u00a0 This is unassigned spectrum that can be used to deliver broadband access, services, and applications.\u00a0 This available spectrum is suited for delivering broadband to rural areas because it can travel over great distances, penetrate buildings and leap over hills.\u00a0 The cost-effectiveness of white space connectivity is appealing.\u00a0 The National Grange is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve the use of unused TV white spaces spectrum for wireless broadband expansion.<\/p>\n Small Cells Are Big for Rural Internet<\/strong><\/p>\nSmall cell wireless transmitters operate 100 times faster than current wireless systems and deliver 5G broadband.\u00a0 Their antenna are about 3 cubic feet in volume, are unobtrusive, and can be placed on existing poles, buildings and other structures.\u00a0 They can be placed in existing rights-of-way without much impact.\u00a0 The National Grange is supporting efforts by the FCC to improve old Federal rules to expedite opening this gateway for rural internet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overview In Washington these days, everyone and everything appear to be completely off balance at times.\u00a0 On any given day and on any given issue, there are several competing forces in play.\u00a0 The liberal and conservative media report on the same topic from such differing perspectives that it\u2019s hard sometimes to believe they\u2019re talking … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News February 2018”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy-updatesnews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nPolicy Updates and Issue News February 2018 - 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