The Senate is expected this week to approve a new deputy secretary for USDA as lawmakers return from their July 4 break facing a backlog of fiscal 2024 spending bills heading into the August recess.
 
The first item on the Senate’s agenda Monday evening is a procedural vote to move to the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small to take the No. 2 spot at USDA.
 
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