Dr.Tremendous
The Grain Throne
Introduction
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Prologue
Act I
Markup Vote
Town Hall
Debrief
The Grain
Throne
The farm bill doesn't pass itself. Winter is coming for the baseline.

You are a U.S. Senator on the Agriculture Committee. A new Farm Bill is overdue. Before you vote, you need to understand why this system exists — and what happens when it fails.

Travel through 90 years of American agricultural history. Then make the decisions that will define your legacy.

Era I — The Crisis
1929–1933
Act I — Markup
Senate Agriculture Committee · 119th Congress · 2025
MH
Sen. Margaret Holloway
Kansas · Senate Agriculture Committee · Senior · Safe-R
R · KS
Budget
+$0B
Pol. Capital
72
Coalition
64
Committee Vote — Round 1
Senate Agriculture Committee · roll call
Calling the roll...
Town Hall — Dodge City, Kansas
Post-markup accountability session · No internet · No notes
RF
Robert Fanning
Wheat & corn farmer · Seward County
Time remaining
45
Correct
0
Wrong
0
PC delta
+0
Session debrief
The Grain Throne · Full session complete
MH
Sen. Margaret Holloway · Kansas
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Political survival
72
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Constituent approval
76
Farm Bureau
82
Coalition strength
64
Town hall perf.
60
Policy outcomes
58
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Food security
55
Farm income
74
Environment
48
Rural economy
61
Score gap
+14
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Food security
Baseline
SNAP held.
Farm income
Baseline
Pending.
Fiscal cost
At baseline
10-year CBO within range.
Environment
Flat
Conservation at baseline.
Rural economy
Modest gain
Farm spending sustained.
Town hall
Mixed
Results pending...
Session headlines
Wichita Eagle
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Politico Ag
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Town Hall
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Debrief questions
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Your Political Survival and Policy Outcomes scores diverge. What decisions drove that gap — and is the gap a problem?
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What would have happened to your coalition strength — and your Title I votes — if you had cut SNAP below baseline?
The environmental index sits below the others. What tradeoff did you implicitly make by keeping conservation at baseline while lifting commodity support?
Session complete