Senate appropriations

Sen. Baldwin to oversee USDA, FDA budgets

Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin will chair the Senate Appropriations subcommittee in charge of USDA and FDA spending for the next two years, announced the committee leaders. North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven, the former chairman, will be the senior Republican on the subcommittee now that …

Capitol Hill pours cold water of relocation of two USDA research agencies

In nearly identical wording, the House and Senate Appropriations committees told the USDA to delay the relocation of two research agencies outside of the Washington area because of insufficient justification of the proposal. The bills, due for votes this week, potentially derail Agriculture …