Neil Gorsuch

Late last week, Congress broke for their Easter Recess.  And the Senate did not vote to confirm Sonny Perdue as the head of the USDA.  That means the Department of Ag will be without a leader until the end of this month, or perhaps early May.   “...

The political fight over President Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has scuttled any chance the Senate will confirm  Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary before Congress’s Easter recess.   “Once again, it feels like agriculture is not being given the respect, that rural American is not being given the respect it needs," the American Farm Bureau's Dale Moore said.   Moore added ... Re

The U.S. Senate will not be taking a vote to confirm Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue this week. Instead, the Senate will be focusing time on a filibuster and confirmation vote for Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch. With an upcoming recess, the delay means the vote for Perdue won't happen until late this month, at the earliest...

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch won Senate Judiciary Committee approval on an expected party-line vote Monday, though a huge procedural fight remains in the full Senate.  Last week, the American Farm Bureau Federation sent the Senate a letter of support for Neil Gorsuch.  AF...