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WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued a statement applauding the Department of Labor’s final rule modernizing the H-2A visa program. ....
USDA Wildland Fire Cabinet and Federal Water Infrastructure Package Monday Jan 18th, 2021 Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is celebrating the establishment of the Interagency Wildland Fire Subcabinet. The Executive Order on Establishing “The Wildland Fire Management Policy Committee” will open up more communication channels to ensure better forest management effectiveness between the Departments and Agencies within the Federal government. Perdue says with a subcabinet dedicated exclusively to wildland fire management, we’d be better equipped to prevent and fight wildfires. Water projects should be included in any future federal infrastructure package, according to over 200 Western ag and water organizations. The groups, from 15 states, sent letters to President-elect Biden and congressional leaders, advocating investment in a diversified water-management portfolio for the region. ....
The GOP’s twin defeats in the crucial Senate runoffs were a prelude to a deadly week in Washington in which the president’s claims incited a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol. ....
The Globe and Mail ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/Reuters Election Day in Georgia turned out to be Groundhog Day – a virtual repeat of the November presidential race that was too close to call on election night in a bitterly divided electorate. A repeat performance – once again Georgia provided a huge rebuff to President Donald Trump – with the verdict sending another Democratic shock wave, and two new Democratic senators, to Washington. Two months ago, the close-call election in the state was a vital building block of president-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, which was on the verge of being confirmed in the Capitol Wednesday before violence disrupted the proceedings. An equally close vote in the Senate runoff in Georgia this week ended the GOP’s control of the Senate and put a sweep of the legislative and executive branches of the American government in the hands of the Democrats. ....
Jon Ossoff wins US Senate seat for Georgia, giving Democrats control of the chamber Branden Camp/AP Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Jon Ossoff speaks to the media at Dunbar Neighborhood Center during Georgia s Senate runoff elections, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) By: Scripps National and last updated 2021-01-06 16:27:46-05 ATLANTA, Ga. â Jon Ossoff has won his Senate runoff election in Georgia, The Associated Press projects. The victory brings to Senate to 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris breaking ties in favor of the Democratic Party. On Tuesday night, the Associated Press declared Rev. Raphael Warnock the winner in the other Senate race over Sen. Kelly Loeffler. That race was a special election to determine who would finish out the remaining two years of Sen. Johnny Isakson s term, who retired in 2019. ....