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RFD Today
RFD Today October 2, 2023

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 53:01


Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson talks continuing resolution, House Ag Appropritations Bill, and Farm Bill. We get a Crop Watcher report from Mark Kerber in Livingston County. Joe Camp at Commstock Investments previews a new market week.

RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 2, 2023

RFD Illinois

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 23:00


Gordie Siebring talks with RFD's Rita Frazer from the Ukraine as he gives updates on agriculture in the northern region, the breakup of the Black Sea Grain Deal and bombing near the port of Danube today. Recap of the Purdue CME Ag Barometer for July and Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly, provides an update on the appropriations process that took place prior to the August recess.

RFD Today
RFD Today August 1, 2023

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 53:00


We talk Farm Bill and House Ag Appropriations with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. We preview University of Illinois Crop Physiology Field Day with graduate research assistant Darby Danzl. KJ Johnson with the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association highlights the MAGIE Show later this month. DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick discusses the August weather outlook.

RFD Today
RFD Today June 6, 2023

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 53:01


Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson talks ag appropriations process now with debt ceiling issue resolved. We get a CropWatcher report from Ryan Frieders in DeKalb County.Monica Nyman with the St. Louis Dairy Council details a Mobile Dairy Classroom project. John Baranick, DTN ag meteorologist, provides a weather outlook for the rest of the month.

CQ on Congress
CQ Budget: Debt limit drama

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 32:07


Pressure for a deal to raise the debt limit is building as President Joe Biden meets with congressional leaders for a second time this week. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson outline the latest on debt limit negotiations and where things stand on the effort to produce a new farm bill by September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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CQ Budget
Debt limit drama

CQ Budget

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 32:07


Pressure for a deal to raise the debt limit is building as President Joe Biden meets with congressional leaders for a second time this week. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson outline the latest on debt limit negotiations and where things stand on the effort to produce a new farm bill by September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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RFD Today
RFD Today April 4

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 53:01


Tuesday's show features an update from Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. Among the topics she addresses is Farm Bill talks and WOTUS. We hear from USDA Rural Development State Director Betsy Dirksen Londrigan as she has hosted the USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development twice in the last five weeks in Illinois. Illinois Farm Bureau Environmental Program Manager Raelynn Parmely highlights two April Nutrient Stewardship Field Days.DTN ag Meteorologist John Baranick discusses the potential for severe weather Tuesday into early Wednesday morning.

RFD Today
RFD Today March 7

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 53:01


Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson talks meat labeling, USTR Mexcio corn GMO issue, and Biden Budget. Montgomery County Farm Bureau Manager Katie Wilson celebrates local government week.Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Environmental Policy Lauren Lurkins talks about The Regional Five EPA meeting (2/24) and the Illinois list of issues, as well as the success of the ‘Sustaining' Documentary- and the Illinois Nutrient Stewardship Grant Programs.DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick talks weather.

Political Theater
The environmental, agricultural and moral stakes in ‘The Smell of Money'

Political Theater

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 27:07


The documentary “The Smell of Money” chronicles several North Carolina families' fight for environmental justice against pork producers whose facilities adversely affect their surrounding land. Senior CQ Roll Call writer Ellyn Ferguson discusses the film with its writer, Jamie Berger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ on Congress
Political Theater: The environmental, agricultural and moral stakes in ‘The Smell of Money'

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 27:07


The documentary “The Smell of Money” chronicles several North Carolina families' fight for environmental justice against pork producers whose facilities adversely affect their surrounding land. Senior CQ Roll Call writer Ellyn Ferguson discusses the film with its writer, Jamie Berger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RFD Today
RFD Today February 7

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 53:00


Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson joins the show to talk ag policy in Washington. She discusses proposed legislation to prohibit foreign adversaries from owning U.S. farmland.Illinois Farm Bureau Environmental Program Manager Raelynn Parmely previews Mississippi North Central watershed planning meetings. DTN AG meteorologist John Baranick provides latest weather update.

RFD Today
RFD Today January 10

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 53:01


Tuesday's show features a conversation with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. We hear from Senate Ag Committee chief economist John Newton and also highlight Illinois Counties of Excellence from the AFBF annual meeting. We finish the show talking weather with meteorologist Dan Hicks from Freese-Notis Weather.

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RFD Today October 3

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 53:00


We kick off a new month of shows visiting with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. She provides several updates heading into the November mid-terms. We celebrate National 4-H week with Illinois 4-H Youth Leadership team member Ross Vancil from Henderson County. We highlight IAA Foundation ag teacher grant recipient Lexi Hilliker from Pecatonica High School. And we finish the show previewing a new market week with Joe Camp at Comstock Investments.

RFD Today
RFD Today August 9

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 53:01


Rita Frazer visits with Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly to get an update on national issues. Later she talks with FarmWeek Crop Watcher Todd Easton from Coles CountyRita and DeLoss Jahnke attended the Illinois Corn Growers 50th anniversary celebration. They visit with Bill Christ, Woodford County, former chair with Illinois Corn Marketing Board and Rod Weinzierl, ICGA Executive Director. The show wraps up with weather with Dan Hix, Freese Notis.

RFD Today
RFD Today July 6

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 53:01


Wednesday's show features a visit with Brad Zwilling from Illinois Farm Business Farm Management. He highlight his latest piece in FarmDocDaily. We talk vegetable harvesting with University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Kenneth Johnson. Illinois Farm Bureau Environmental Program Manager provides information on the latest Nutrient Stewardship Field Day. Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson provides a Washington update. The show finishes with an Illinois Soybean Association Field and Bean segment.

RFD Today
RFD Today June 6

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 53:00


Today we begin the show highlighting the gubernatorial candidates in the June 28 primary with introductory remarks. Candidates will tackle different ag related issues throughout the week. We talk all things economy with Illinois Farm Bureau Senior Economist Mike Doherty. Ellyn Ferguson at Congressional Quarterly joins us to provide an update from Washington on Senate and House Ag Committee work. The final segment is with Comstock Investments Joe Camp previewing a new market week.

RFD Today
RFD Today May 5

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 53:01


Jim Taylor meets with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson to talk about initial work on the Forest Service Committee Meeting, initial plans for the 2023 Farm Bill and the importance of covering the issues. DeLoss Jahnke talks with Kelly Estes, Illinois Pest Survey Coordinator. Rita Frazer visits with Lana Shovlin, Director of Communications for Illinois Pork Producers.

RFD Today
RFD Today April 5

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 53:01


Tuesday's show features a conversation with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. She discusses the Supreme Court announcing they will hear the National Pork Producers Council's challenge of California's Prop 12. We talk with Wabash County Crop Watcher Kevin Rauber. We get an update on the proposed Grain Belt Express transmission line project from Bill Bodine, who serves as Director of Business and Regulatory Affairs for Illinois Farm Bureau. The final segment of the show is with DTN agriculture meteorologist John Baranick.

RFD Today
RFD Today March 1

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 53:01


The Tuesday show begins with Austin Omer Illinois Farm Bureau. He has been appointed to the Illinois 30x30 Conservation Task Force We hear from Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson as she previews U.S. House Ag Committee and Senate Ag Committee work this week. Monica Nyman with the St. Louis Dairy Council stops by to talk dental health. We finish the program with a weather update from DTN agriculture meteorologist John Baranick.

RFD Today
RFD Today February 1

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 53:01


The show begins with Illinois Farm Bureau's Lauren Lurkins providing an update on WOTUS and dicamba. Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson checks in from Washington to talk Farm Bill sub-committee work plus appropriations. We also hear from Michael Crowder, President of the National Association of Conservation Districts. Their Annual NACD meeting is coming up in two weeks. And DTN Agriculture Meteorologist John Baranick finishes up the show previewing this week's winter storm forecast.

RFD Today
RFD Today January 11

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 53:01


Four guests highlight today's RFD Today show. RFD Radio's Rita Frazer visits with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson, who provides a Washington update. DeLoss Jahnke has coverage from the Specialty Growers Conference as he talks with Cook County Extension's Zack Grant. DeLoss also checks in from the American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting as he interviews Senate Ag Committee Chief Economist John Newton. Jim Taylor wraps up the show with Freese-Notis meteorologist Dan Hicks.

RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois January 11

RFD Illinois

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 23:01


Matt Kaye reports on the Ethanol Industry plans to testify at House Electronic Vehicle Hearing. Ellyn Ferguson with Congressional Quarterly talks with Rita Frazer about other Congressional Items of note. DeLoss Jahnke provides more coverage from the AFBF Annual Convention. He talks to the County Awards of Excellence being recognized at AFBF – St. Clair, Woodford and Kane. Jim Taylor provides the early morning markets and weather.

RFD Today
RFD Today December 7

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 53:00


Wrap up of the Illinois Farm Bureau annual meeting with President Richard Guebert, Jr and IFB Young Leader Achievement Award winner Chad Bell. Field and Bean Interview with ISA's Andrew Larson about soy-to-plate and developing new animal ag markets for soybeans. Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly, provides a Federal Legislation Update. The show wraps up with weather with Bryce Anderson, DTN.

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RFD Today November 2

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 52:59


Interview with Ellyn Ferguson with Congressional Quarterly to provide an update on infrastructure Illinois was well represented at the National FFA Convention last week. We get a recap for Illinois FFA Executive Director Mindy Bunselmeyer. Weather from John Baranick, DTN Ag Meteorologist.

RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois 09-09-2021

RFD Illinois

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 24:01


Matt Kaye provides commentary from Secretary Vilsack on the impact Hurricane Ida will have on shipping in the Mississippi River. Rita Frazer visits with Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly, on the Congressional Committee work on the Reconciliation Bill. Sherman Newlin provides market commentary ahead of the upcoming report. Dan Grant shares a report with Dan Basse, Ag Resources on exporting out of the gulf after Hurricane Ida.

RFD Today
RFD Today September 8

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 53:00


Cropwatcher report from Eric Schmidt in Jackson County. He shares plans for harvest in his plans of state and what the yield estimates are. A conversation on Federal Issues with Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly. Jim Mintert, Economist from Purdue University shares the August Ag Barometer report. DeLoss Jahnke met up with Bryce Baker from Precision Planting at the Farm Progress Show.

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs
Agriculture: Biden's infrastructure plan

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 3:26


Rural communities are eager to receive funds to help with improving roads, bridges and dams that can improve the flow of goods to the market. But there are concerns. CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson reports.

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CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs
Agriculture: USDA, Vilsack under scrutiny for record of discrimination

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 4:20


Secretary Tom Vilsack and a Black former Agriculture Department official he once forced out of her job testify on the department's treatment of Black farmers. CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson reports.

CQ on Congress
Agriculture: USDA, Vilsack under scrutiny for record of discrimination

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 5:05


Secretary Tom Vilsack and a Black former Agriculture Department official he once forced out of her job testify on the department’s treatment of Black farmers. CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ on Congress
Political Theater's The Transition: Congress in turmoil

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 22:12


With less than 10 days before Joe Biden gets sworn in as president, Congress is reeling from the assault on the Capitol and what it will mean to govern. House Democrats introduced impeachment again on Monday, this time charging President Trump with "inciting violence against the government of the United States.” While Republicans blocked another measure that would have called on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Katherine Tully-McManus, who was at the Capitol during the siege, speaks to Shawn Zeller and Niels Lesniewski on what may be in store for this Congress, and CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson takes a look at some new findings about Tom Vilsack, the nominee to head the Agriculture Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political Theater
The Transition: Congress in turmoil

Political Theater

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 22:12


With less than 10 days before Joe Biden gets sworn in as president, Congress is reeling from the assault on the Capitol and what it will mean to govern. House Democrats introduced impeachment again on Monday, this time charging President Trump with "inciting violence against the government of the United States.” While Republicans blocked another measure that would have called on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Katherine Tully-McManus, who was at the Capitol during the siege, speaks to Shawn Zeller and Niels Lesniewski on what may be in store for this Congress, and CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson takes a look at some new findings about Tom Vilsack, the nominee to head the Agriculture Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois- Jan. 5, 2021

RFD Illinois

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 14:52


We take a trip to Washington D.C. with Ellyn Ferguson of CQ News to preview the 117th Congress.For more information regarding this podcast or share a story with the RFD Radio Network, contact Patti Penn at ppenn@ilfb.org or 309-557-3286.

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs
Agriculture: Top issues in the spending bill

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 4:11


 Congress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson breaks down what you need to know about the agriculture department.

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CQ on Congress
Agriculture: Top issues in the spending bill

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 4:56


 Congress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Ellyn Ferguson breaks down what you need to know about the agriculture department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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CQ on Congress
Election special: Agriculture and trade issues for the next administration

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 3:48


CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson looks ahead at the top agricultural and trade policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs
Election special: Agricultural and trade issues for the next administration

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 3:03


CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson looks ahead at the top agricultural and trade policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins.

RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois- Oct. 6, 2020

RFD Illinois

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 14:57


Ellyn Ferguson, CQ Roll Call, offers more details on the next COVID Relief Package and CR information.For more information regarding this podcast or to share a story with the RFD Radio Network, contact Patti Penn at ppenn@ilfb.org or 309-557-3286.

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs
Trade: Two key programs up for renewal

CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 4:07


CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson breaks down what's in the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and the Generalized System of Preferences and what the outlook is for each of them being renewed.

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RFD Today
RFD Today- Jan. 9, 2020

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 37:09


Rita talked with Ellyn Ferguson of Congressional Quarterly about the passage of USMCA in the Senate Fiance Committee this week and her thoughts for next steps, the January 15 date for the signing of the China phase 1 trade deal and her agenda and thoughts for the first half of 2020 for ag legislation.

RFD Today
RFD Today- Dec. 11, 2019

RFD Today

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 51:49


Rita talks with Ellyn Ferguson of Congressional Quietly, and Alan Bjerga. DeLoss speaks with Travis Mateer.

On The Table
Episode 11: Finally, A Farm Bill!

On The Table

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2018 26:31


After months of negotiation and after withstanding a last minute political maneuver, the 2018 Farm Bill was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump. The law spends $867 billion over 10 years on everything from food assistance, to crop insurance, to forestry and much more. In this episode of On The Table, NET’s Grant Gerlock discusses what made it in the final bill, and what was left out, with Ellyn Ferguson of CQ Roll Call and Catherine Boudreau of Politico.Ellyn Ferguson’s article on the farm bill headed to President Trump,https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/trump-sign-farm-bill-minus-food-stamp-changesCatherine Boudreau’s story about the farm bill passed by Congress,https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/12/house-passes-farm-bill-1060916

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On The Table
Episode 7: Bill Past Due

On The Table

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 13:59


The farm bill is late. On September, 30th the current law expired and Congress is not close to passing a new version. In this episode, NET's Grant Gerlock talks with reporters Ellyn Ferguson (CQ Roll Call) and Madelyn Beck (Harvest Public Media) for a brief update on the consequences for people who depend on farm and rural programs. And if Congress couldn’t pass a farm bill by now, when will it happen?Ellyn Ferguson’s coverage of the farm bill here, https://www.rollcall.com/author/efergusoncq-comMadelyn Beck’s story about the farm bill expiring,http://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/farm-bill-deadline-pass-without-extension-against-wishes-influential-groups

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On The Table
Episode 5: A Golden Age of Farm Bills

On The Table

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 20:05


In this episode of NET's “On the Table,” we grapple with the shift toward polarization in American politics. For years, the farm bill was built around compromise between urban and rural interests in Congress. But today’s political landscape is marked by partisan ideology and the farm bill is no exception.Check out Christopher Bosso’s book covering farm bill politics in 2014:https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-2420-1.htmlLook at Ellyn Ferguson’s coverage of the farm bill here: https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/senate-agrees-conference-house-farm-bill-compromiseMusic by Blue Dot Sessions:freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/

CQ on Congress
Trump Misses NAFTA Deadline

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2018 17:34


President Donald Trump's trade agenda is in disarray after his negotiators failed to reach a deal to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico by May 17, when congressional Republicans said they would need it in order to ratify it by year's end. CQ trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson explains what is holding Trump's team up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ Budget
GOP Farm Bill Targets Food Stamps, Heads for House Vote

CQ Budget

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 12:29


On the heels of Republican leaders calling for cuts to entitlement programs, a GOP-written farm bill is headed to the House for a vote, angering Democrats who charge they were left out of the process and as a result millions of low-income people could lose food aid. CQ agriculture reporter Ellyn Ferguson explains those dynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ on Congress
The Risks to Trump's Unconventional Approach to Tariffs, North Korea

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2018 20:31


CQ trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson and defense reporter John M. Donnelly spell out the risks posed by President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and his agreement to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ on Congress
Trump's Tangled War on Trade

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2018 15:56


CQ trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson looks at whether President Donald Trump will impose more tariffs and withdraw from more international trade agreements in 2018, or pursue a more moderate path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ on Congress
Trump Budget a Shock to Farmers, Needy and Environment

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2017 16:41


President Donald Trump's first budget calls for mammoth cuts to programs that benefit everyone from farmers to the poor to offset a boost to the Pentagon. Even Red State Trump supporters aren’t spared, say CQ Roll Call’s agriculture reporter Ellyn Ferguson and environmental reporter Elvina Nawaguna. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ on Congress
Why Trump is Slow-Walking His Trade Policy

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2017 15:29


President Donald Trump is taking his time reshaping his trade policies, says CQ Roll Call's trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson. She provides valuable insight on where things stand with the president's campaign pledges to rip up NAFTA and officially label China as a currency manipulator - neither of which has happened.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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CQ on Congress
TPP Trade Pact Drives Wedge in Democratic Party

CQ on Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2016 12:23


  The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement has become a thorny issue for presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Democratic Party, says CQ Roll Call’s trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson, who explains in detail what’s at stake.  Donald Trump’s and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign rhetoric has emboldened anti-TPP activists, who have turned a usually wonky debate to a national conversation that transcends party politics.     Photo: By Bill Clark/CQcRollcCall    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political Theater
TPP Trade Pact Drives Wedge in Democratic Party

Political Theater

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2016 13:20


The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement has become a thorny issue for presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Democratic Party, says CQ Roll Call’s trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson, who explains in detail what’s at stake. Donald Trump’s and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign rhetoric has emboldened anti-TPP activists, who have turned a usually wonky debate to a national conversation that transcends party politics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices