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Axed Once, USDA Employees Anxiously Await Potentially Being Fired Again
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Breaking: Congress Votes to Slash Rural Program Funding, Putting Clean Water At Risk
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EPA Moves To Decimate Clean Water Protections With Support From the Farm Bureau
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