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Washington Week Ahead: Lame-duck to-do list includes spending, ag nominees

11/13/22 1:03 PM By Philip Brasher
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Congress kicks off its lame duck session this week with control of the House for the next two years still undecided, and GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy still trying to shore up votes to be speaker, if Republicans take over the chamber. 

KEYWORDS ag labor Agriculture Department congressional leadership farm bill Farm Workforce Modernization Act FY23 appropriations Growing Climate Solutions Act Kevin McCarthy mid-term elections Mitch McConnell Senate Agriculture Committee U.S. Trade Representative USDA
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