Overview
- The farm bill, which the House passed Thursday 224-200, now heads to the Senate after members first voted 280-142 to remove a pesticide liability and state preemption provision.
- The deleted sections would have blocked states from requiring warnings beyond EPA labels and would have limited lawsuits against manufacturers that followed those federal labels.
- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna led the successful amendment as MAHA-aligned activists pressed Republicans, producing a rare coalition of 73 Republicans and almost all Democrats against the pesticide language.
- House leaders defused a separate clash by promising a stand-alone May 13 vote on year‑round E15 ethanol sales, and senators signaled they expect to revise major pieces to reach 60 votes.
- The showdown unfolded as the Supreme Court heard Monsanto v. Durnell this week and as science agencies diverge on glyphosate risk, a backdrop that could influence state labels and future lawsuits affecting consumers and farmers.