P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

April 14, 2014

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House Barely Passes Budget for 2015 Fiscal Year

The House of Representatives barely passed its fiscal year 2015 budget on a party-line vote. 

The budget offered by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) is estimated to cut $5.1 trillion from federal programs over the next 10 years. 

The proposed budget includes repealing the Affordable Care (health care) program and deep cuts in various domestic programs. 

These include $125 billion dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps), $23 billion from mandatory agricultural programs, including crop insurance, student loan programs, Medicaid, education and others.

Since there was a two-year budget agreement reached between the House and Senate last December, the Senate is not expected to move forward on a budget this year.

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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