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Senate confirms Northey for top USDA post, ending 4-month delay

02/27/18 11:51 AM By Philip Brasher
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The Senate confirmed Bill Northey as USDA’s undersecretary for farm programs after Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, dropped a hold he had kept on the nomination for four months in a dispute over biofuel policy.
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