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Rollins confirmed as Agriculture secretary - Roll Call

The Senate confirmed Brooke Rollins, an aide to President Donald Trump in his first term, to be Agriculture secretary.

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Senate Agriculture advances Rollins to be Agriculture secretary - Roll Call

The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 23-0 Monday to advance Brooke L. Rollins to become secretary of Agriculture.

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USDA pick Rollins to ‘follow and listen’ to farmers on deportations - Roll Call

Brooke Rollins, the nominee for Agriculture secretary, said she would listen to farmers in executing President Trump's deportation policy.

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GOP Senators Silent On Meeting With Vice President-Elect JD Vance

GOP Senators' responses to inquiries about meeting with VP-elect JD Vance and their views on the attorney general selection process.

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Senate farm bill differs from House on CCC, food stamp benefits - Roll Call

The Senate's draft farm bill comes with only a few weeks left to finish legislation and with differences from the House bill.

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Boozman, Klobuchar lined up to follow Stabenow on Agriculture - Roll Call

Sen. Amy Klobuchar looks like the top Democrat on Senate Agriculture next year, working with current ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark.

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Bipartisan Senate group offers bill to plug VA benefit shortfall - Roll Call

The group of senators introduced a bill that would provide the Veterans Department with an extra $2.9 billion.

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Regulators and law enforcement crack down on crypto's bad actors. Congress has yet to take action

While the scandals in the cryptocurrency industry seem to never end, Washington policymakers appear to have little interest in pushing through legislation to codify the structure of the industry

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Senators embrace AI on the farm, eye provisions in farm bill - Roll Call

Members of Senate Agriculture want the next farm bill to include provisions that would steer artificial intelligence adoption on the farm.

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Bankman-Fried's trial exposed crypto fraud but Congress has not been eager to regulate the industry

The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors is the latest black mark for the crypto industry

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Senate push for shorter stopgap sets up collision with House GOP - Roll Call

Senate appropriators are mulling a continuing resolution that would run until mid-December, putting them on a collision course with the House.

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PEPFAR reauthorization debate highlights splits in GOP - Roll Call

Reauthorization of an HIV/AIDS program launched by President George W. Bush now faces roadblocks because of abortion debate.

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Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth - Roll Call

The retirement of several titans of congressional appropriating hasn't slowed down the Senate's appetite for earmarks.

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Senate confirms Torres Small as deputy secretary at USDA - Roll Call

The Senate confirmed Xochitl Torres Small, a former member of Congress from New Mexico, as the deputy Agriculture secretary.

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McConnell predicts ‘new spending hard to come by’ for 2023 Farm Bill

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spent Tuesday morning at the University of Kentucky discussing this year’s farm bill with state agriculture leaders

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Biden, Agriculture committee leaders to discuss farm bill goals - Roll Call

President Joe Biden and the four leaders of House and Senate Agriculture committees are scheduled to meet Thursday on the farm bill.

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Torres Small backed by Senate Agriculture leaders for USDA deputy - Roll Call

Senate Agriculture Committee leaders say they support Xochitl Torres Small's promotion to Agriculture deputy secretary.

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Senate Agriculture leaders differ on shifting funds to farm bill - Roll Call

Senate Republicans are eyeing unspent money appropriated in a 2022 law for use in a new farm bill that would replace one expiring Sept. 30.

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Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, as they work on the 2023 farm bill, are staking out positions on nutrition and food stamps — the Agriculture Department’s biggest single program and a perennial source of contention.

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Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements - Roll Call

Food stamps are on course again to be a flash point in the farm bill as some Republicans want to add work requirements for recipients.

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Veterans health accounting move a new headache for appropriators - Roll Call

Debate over how how veterans funding should be provided, specifically aid to veterans exposed to toxins, is an early fiscal 2024 flashpoint.

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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’

WASHINGTON — New Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., knows that returning the chamber’s appropriations process to regular order “won’t be a walk in the park,” as she said during a news conference last week.

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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say 'yes we can' - Roll Call

Senate Appropriations Committee leaders are vowing to mark up fiscal 2024 spending bills in committee and move them across the Senate floor.

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US capital withdraws criminal justice reform bill

Move comes as the US Senate was expected to vote down proposed changes to criminal code in Washington, DC.

Los Angeles Times

USDA tells Senate panel it's struggling to feed needy families

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Department of Agriculture official testified Thursday that some of the agency’s food programs are being overburdened in the push to feed needy families.

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