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Cattle Call, Grifters and Counting to a Billion: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted June 29, 2018 at 4:42pm

By Thomas McKinless

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The Senate’s farm bill debate this week brought about talk of the other white meat, pivot irrigation and lots and lots of cattle. Plus, learn what member of the Trump administration Rep. Denny Heck calls “a homie.” Thumbnail photo: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on June 26, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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