Children on farms, violence against women, biofuels among activity in Congress

A flurry of activity in Washington has come through in the last few days with direct effects on north-central Montana. The action included a Senate committee passing a new farm bill to the floor and Montana's senior senator being appointed to the House-Senate conference committee to hash out a new highway bill.

Dept. of Labor backs off on child farm work

Along with this morning's announcement that a farm bill has passed out of committee and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., has been appointed to the highway bill conference committee — look for further stories on those issues Monday �...