Coming back to baseline?

Sen. Tom Harkin keeps talking up the idea that the new farm bill will have $10 billion over baseline but admits funding and jurisdiction issues haven't been cleared up yet. In his teleconference, Harkin said that a baseline bill might have trouble passing because it wouldn't meet the needs of nutrition, conservation, specialty crops, etc. All in all, still a cloudy outlook, and Harkin raised the possibility of a two or three year farm bill if lawmakers must deal with baseline numbers. After that, Harkin said, perhaps the budget scenario would improve with a new President and if the U.S. is out of Iraq.....