Senate Democrats aim to shut down FCC net neutrality repeal
With U.S. net neutrality rules set to expire June 11, the entire Senate Democratic caucus is hoping to force a vote this week to restore it.
With U.S. net neutrality rules set to expire June 11, the entire Senate Democratic caucus is hoping to force a vote this week to restore it.
On Tuesday, 29 U.S. Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump expressing strong concerns over recent actions that would have negative impacts on families in rural America. Last week, President Trump issued a budget proposal calling for drastic cuts that would undermine the important rural development mission at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). […]
Last week, the U.S. Senate approved legislation to address the threat of agro-terrorism and ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply. The legislation was introduced by U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts (R-KS), Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, in the Senate and U.S. […]
House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement on a $1 trillion appropriations bill for FY-2017 — including a $3 million budget for the USDA and FDA to educate consumers on agricultural biotechnology and biotechnology-derived food products and animal feed. The budget, which will fund the federal government through September, rejects most of the Administration’s proposed […]
America finally has a new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The Senate voted 87-11 to confirm former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as the 31st Secretary. Nearly 13 weeks since President Trump nominated the 70-year-old Republican, Perdue finally got his day in the Senate. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) who introduced the vote to the floor, said it […]
USDA Secretary of Agriculture nominee Sonny Perdue will finally get his day in the Senate. Following a unanimous consent request from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the vote is now scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 24, on President Trump’s nomination of former Georgia Governor Perdue to be Agriculture Secretary. The vote comes […]
Nominee Sonny Perdue has won the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry vote to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Perdue may now be considered by the full U.S. Senate for confirmation. “I’m pleased our Committee has made swift strides to move Governor Perdue’s nomination closer to the finish line,” U.S. Senator Pat […]
The PLC and the NCBA hailed the Senate passage of the resolution to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Planning 2.0 Rule.