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Senate confirms Tom Vilsack for second stint as USDA secretary

Senate confirms Tom Vilsack for second stint as USDA secretary
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A $30B fund sitting inside USDA tees up a tug-of-war

Trump left Biden a $30 billion fund used for trade wars. Biden has other plans for it. POLITICO 2/1/2021 By Liz Crampton © Susan Walsh/AP Photo USDA nominee Tom Vilsack s intentions with the Commodity Credit Corp. are expected to be a line of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearing. The Trump administration used it to bail out farmers suffering from its trade wars. Now the Biden administration wants to deploy a $30 billion pot of money in the Agriculture Department to tackle climate change, support restaurants and kickstart other programs without waiting for Congress. Long hidden in obscurity as a Depression-era financial institution, the Commodity Credit Corp. is shaping up as one of the first focal points for how the Biden administration is quickly revamping flexible programs left behind by former President Donald Trump.

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