Common Ground Looking at another extension of the 2023 Farm Bill as a September 30 deadline approaches. Democratic Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski was a "no" vote during the Republican-led House Ag Committee markup of a new Farm Bill last May, but she does find some common ground.

Illinois has four other members that serve on the House Ag Committee—Republicans Mike Bost and Mary Miller; and Democrats Jonathan Jackson and Eric Sorensen.