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The Senate closed out the 114th Congress in the wee hours of last Saturday, passing a water projects bill, the last of a series of legislative achievements that will have far-reaching implications for agriculture. Topping the list was the GMO disclosure legislation approved last su

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thw Senate passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown and then gave final congressional approval to a water projects bill that includes drought relief for California farmers

A House Republican leader who represents a wheat-growing district in eastern Washington is expected to be nominated as Interior secretary in the Trump administration.

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Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt, who has led legal challenges to the Obama administrationPs Pwaters of the United States ruleP and greenhouse gas regulations, has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruit

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Congressional Republicans are trying this week to push a water resources authorization bill across the finish line along with a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running into next spring. GOP leaders want to wrap up the 114th Congress by this weekend

Roberts and Vice President-elect Mike Pence discussed possible options for agriculture secretary and undersecretary positions when Pence attended the GOP senators weekly luncheon on Tuesday.