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Washington Week Ahead: USDA nominee on tap as lawmakers return for pre-August rush

07/09/23 12:23 PM By Philip Brasher
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The Senate is expected to approve a new deputy secretary for USDA this week as lawmakers return from their July 4 break facing a backlog of fiscal 2024 spending bills heading into the August recess.

KEYWORDS agricultural trade farm bill fiscal 2024 appropriations process House Democratic farm bill task force House Ways and Means Committee Minnesota Farm Bureau Minnesota Farmers Union Tom Vilsack Universal Food Forum
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