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4 May 2010, 7:39 am
Jerry Hagstrom is reporting for AGWEEK online that House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (MN) announced on April 27, 2010 that he does not intend to block the $1.5 billion agriculture disaster package proposed by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln (AR). [read post]
7 May 2009, 8:14 am
May 6: Just as the House Energy & Commerce Committee is engaged in a very fragile political negotiation on the Waxman-Markey draft American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) and the President has urged House Democrats to work toward a compromise bill [See WIMS 5/6/09], House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) has dealt what could be a crushing blow to the negotiations.At the first legislative hearing on President Obama's biofuels… [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 11:00 am by James Hamilton
The Frank-Peterson Amendment on derivatives hammers out an agreement between Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank and Agriculture Committee Chair Collin Peterson. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 6:56 am by James Hamilton
In the view of House Agriculture Committee Chair Collin Peterson, the Dodd-Frank Act allocates authority over swaps and security-based swaps as follows. [read post]
5 Aug 2009, 5:21 pm
Democratic Congressman Collin Peterson of Minnesota came out against Obamacare today.Two Arkansas Congressmen, Mike Ross and Vic Snyder ran into upset voters at a townhall today, a meeting that clearly communicated that... [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 8:59 am
Earlier this year House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 4645 the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, that would increase US agricultural trade with Cuba. [read post]
6 May 2009, 4:50 am
" Here is an excerpt from the article:House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson said today that he won't support pending House climate legislation because he has lost faith in U.S EPA for its handling of proposed biofuels regulations. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 8:25 am
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (MN) and Congressman Jerry Moran (KS) have introduced bipartisan legislation that the Associated Press on Business Week online reports "would open markets for U.S. farmers and ranchers in Cuba. [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 8:32 am
Collin Peterson (D-MN), House Agriculture Committee Chairman, introduced a bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA) "to prohibit additional permits for pesticide application when pesticides are applied consistent with FIFRA" according to the House Committee on Agriculture's Press Release. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 4:15 am
Freshman members in the House Agriculture Committee as well as the full House may be "unaware of the history of farm programs' mishaps and missed opportunities," but Farm Futures reports, "House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson made sure to insert history lessons throughout" the marking up of the committee's farm bill. [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 3:09 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Collin Peterson, a Democrat who represents Minnesota's rural Seventh Congressional District, believes corn ethanol represents the country's most economically viable renewable energy in the next several decades. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 7:03 pm by Todd Janzen
  Democrat Collin Peterson of Minnesota and  Republican Mike Simpson of Idaho introduced the Dairy Security Act of 2011. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 5:26 am
The bill's sponsor, Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) [official website], suggested, "increasing trade with Cuba will encourage democratic progress. [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 12:38 pm
Representatives Collin Peterson (MN) and Tim Walz (MN) introduced the Wind Energy Promotion Act (WEPA) last month. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 4:45 am by Anne Bloomberg
Two Democrats, Representatives Collin Peterson and Jeff Van Drew, opposed the first article on abuse of power, leaving a final vote 230 to 197. [read post]
19 Jan 2007, 6:10 am
Collin Peterson, the chair of the House Ag Committee as well as Ag Secretary Mike Johanns.The A.P. story notes that the president's goals for the 2007 Farm Bill do not necessarily line up neatly with the goals set forth by Farm Bureau members, or with congressional desires.Writers on this blog, and elsewhere, have exhorted regular folks to make their voices heard on this next Farm Bill. [read post]