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John Block: Rural America Speaks Up

November 17th, 2016
Contributor: John R. Block
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block Now that the election is over, Democrats are trying to figure out what went wrong. Not only will they lose the White House in January, they did not get control of the Senate and gained very little in the House.… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy, USDA
Tags: Agriculture, Cabinet, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, House of Representatives, John R. Block, Mike Pence, President, Republican, Rural America, Senate, Supreme Court, Transition

John Block: Election Day 2016 – Part II

November 7th, 2016
Contributor: John R. Block
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block This year’s election process has been wild and crazy. Hard to imagine, but we will know the results on Tuesday. Last week, Rick Frank delivered this radio program for me. He said that he would vote for Hillary… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy
Tags: Agriculture, Death Tax, Donald Trump, Election, Estate Tax, Hillary Clinton, John R. Block, President, President Obama, Rural America, Senate

John Block Reports: Election Day 2016 & the Need for a Balanced Government

November 7th, 2016
Contributor: Richard L. Frank
On October 27, 2016, OFW Law founding principal Richard L. Frank filled in for former USDA Secretary John R. Block on his weekly radio broadcast: Tuesday, November 8, is Election Day. A free and fair election is what separates the U.S. from many of o… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy
Tags: Congress, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, Hillary Clinton, John R. Block, Merrick Garland, President, Republican, Richard L. Frank, Senate, Supreme Court, White House

George McGovern: My Turn

May 30th, 2016
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
Every election year, former Senator George McGovern (SD), the 1972 Democratic Nominee for President, seems to find his way back into the news, and this one, 2016, more than most. Comparisons come up routinely between McGovern’s 1972 campaign agains… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy
Tags: 2016, Agri-Pulse, Agriculture, Bernie Sanders, Bob Dole, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, Food, George McGovern, Hillary Clinton, Marshall L. Matz, Michigan, Nixon, Ohio, Pennsylvania, President, Republican

Where are the “Farmers and Ranchers for Donald J. Trump”? Let alone for Ted Cruz?

March 31st, 2016
Contributor: Kenneth D. Ackerman
Anyone who has spent time around political circles in Washington, D.C., knows that, by this point in a presidential campaign, leading candidates have usually gathered around them a network of advisors connecting them to key issues and constituent gro… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy
Tags: 2016, Agriculture, Bernie Sanders, Campaign, Donald Trump, Election, Farmer, Food, Hillary Clinton, Kenneth D. Ackerman, Marshall L. Matz, Presidential Campaign, Rancher, Republican, Rural, Ted Cruz

Bernie on Agriculture

January 26th, 2016
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
By Marshall Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse Earlier this month, I summarized the agriculture positions of the candidates for President on both sides of the aisle. You can read that column here. Since that time, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who is r… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy
Tags: 2016, Agriculture, Bernie Sanders, Candidate, Democrat, Election, Food, Genetically Engineered, GMO Label, Nomination, President, President Obama, Primary, Rural, Vermont

U.S. Congress -- Both Chambers are controlled by Republicans: What now?

November 5th, 2014
What now? The answer is quite a lot. It remains to be seen whether the change-over in the U.S. Senate, putting both chambers of Congress in the hands of Republicans, will do anything to alter the modus operandi of the Obama presidency — which m… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy
Tags: African Growth and Opportunity Act, Agriculture, Appropriations, Bob Dole, Child Nutrition, Congress, Dietary Guidelines, Election, EPA, Federal Budget, Feed the Future, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Forestry, Legacy, Legislation, Michael J. Marshall, Midterm, President Obama, Regulatory Oversight, Republican Congress

Anticipating Committee Changes in the 114th Congress

November 5th, 2014
Contributor: Roger R. Szemraj
Every new Congress brings changes in committee membership and sometimes in committee leadership. The 114th Congress will follow this pattern, and will bring very significant changes as a result of the new Republican majority in the Senate. Republican… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy
Tags: 114th Congress, Agriculture, Appropriations, Congress, Education and the Workforce, Election, Energy and Commerce, Energy and Natural Resources, FDA, Forestry, Frank Lucas, Health Education Labor and Pensions, House Agriculture Committee, House of Representatives, Lamar Alexander, Lisa Murkowski, Michael Conaway, Midterm, Natural Resources, Pat Roberts, Robert Aderholt, Roger R. Szemraj, Senate, Senate Agriculture Committee, Thad Cochran

John Block: Mid-Term Elections

November 5th, 2014
Contributor: John R. Block
At last – the mid-term election is behind us. President Obama had said that although he was not on the ballot, his policies were. The nation’s voters repudiated those policies. Republicans were voted in and Democrats voted out. Some races are sti… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy, USDA
Tags: Compromise, Economy, Election, Harry Reid, John R. Block, Keystone Pipeline, Midterm, Mitch McConnell, President Obama, Republican Congress, Tax System, Trade, Trade Promotion Authority

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