Tag: Advocacy

The “big” win: In a decision that helps balance Subchapter V’s pro-debtor provisions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that the Bankruptcy Code’s exceptions to discharge apply to a corporate Subchapter V debtor with a nonconsensual plan (even though the exceptions do not apply to corporate debtors in “traditional” Chapter 11 cases).

It’s still too early to reliably say what is going to happen in November; virtually every outcome is within reach for both parties. But we can look at a few of the more likely outcomes and start to evaluate what that might mean for businesses, trade, and other credit issues in 2025.

It’s still too early to reliably say what is going to happen in November; virtually every outcome is within reach for both parties. But we can look at a few of the more likely outcomes and start to evaluate what that might mean for businesses, trade, and other credit issues in 2025.

For much of the last year, advocates in DC have acknowledged that a comprehensive Farm Bill reauthorization, which includes a wide array of programs such as crop insurance, farm subsidies, forestry, rural housing and infrastructure, and nutrition programs like SNAP (formerly known as food stamps), was highly unlikely to pass in this cycle’s deeply divided Congress, especially given the narrow majority held by Republicans in the House.