Perdue cleared for Senate vote in historically slow walk to USDA

It could be May before Sonny Perdue starts work at the Department of Agriculture, the latest start for an incoming secretary since USDA became a federal department in 1889. The Senate Agriculture Committee approved Perdue’s nomination on a voice vote but it’s not clear when the Senate will vote. New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand was the… » Read More

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