Milk producers and snack food makers seek to keep the pressure on Congress this week to preempt state GMO labeling laws, while House Speaker Paul Ryan begins an effort to shape the GOP campaign agenda by rolling out proposals to overhaul anti-poverty programs.

 

Both the House and Senate are returning from a week-long Memorial Day recess for an abbreviated summer schedule ahead of the Republican and Democratic conventions in July.

 

The Senate has less than four weeks before Vermont's GMO labeling law takes effect July 1. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, expressed some pessimism last week about chances for a deal after discussions with colleagues. It appears to be “very difficult to get a compromise,” Grassley told reporters.

 

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