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fromDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
4 days ago

U.S. Senate Bid to Fast-Track "No Coffee Tax Act" Denied

On the Senate floor, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) asked for unanimous consent - a procedure that allows noncontroversial bills to pass without a roll-call vote - to immediately consider and pass the No Coffee Tax Act, which she co-authored with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Video of the session shows Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the Republican chair of the Senate Finance Committee, objecting - a move that blocks the unanimous-consent request and sends the bill back to committee.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Coffee Is in Trouble

U.S. tariffs and climate-related disruptions have driven coffee prices up nearly 40% in a year, harming producers and consumers and prompting a bipartisan exemption bill.
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