Ag secretary expected to run for Senate
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is expected to resign Thursday to clear the way for a Senate campaign in 2008, giving Republicans a welcome dose of good political news.
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US President George W. Bush named Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the new secretary of agriculture on Thursday, to succeed Ann M. Veneman, who announced her resignation in mid-November.
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 14--You'd think the chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee would be up on environmental issues.
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Gov. Ed Rendell plans to put hand-picked state officials at county election offices during the Nov. 2 presidential election to watch for any problems in this battleground state.
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Alberto R. Gonzales goes before the Senate on Thursday as President Bush's pick for attorney general.
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The Senate will consider the  nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to run the Food and  Drug Administration on Thursday as supporters try to overcome  objections from three Republicans.
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President Bush turned straight to the Corn Belt for his new agriculture secretary on Thursday, with the nomination of Nebraska Gov.
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How political can it be for Congress to help farmers and ranchers suffering from a drought? Judge by the television viewing habits of Sen. George Allen of Virginia, who heads the Senate's Republican campaign operation.
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One might expect Republican senators to cheer the prospect of a colleague becoming the party's presidential nominee.
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Demand for ethanol for cars will attract enough support to lead to passage of a major farm bill next year, despite disagreement on subsidy payments for farmers, a key Democrat and the Republican agriculture secretary agreed Tuesday.
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President Bush has nominated Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez as the new commerce secretary. (AP Graphics). Nov. 29, 2004 -- From selling Frosted Flakes to small stores in Mexico City to a nomination as secretary
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Michael Mukasey, the man President Bush will nominate Monday morning to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, is not expected to prompt the confirmation battle that Senate Democrats threatened to wage if a more partisan nominee was chosen
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President Bush will announce his  nominee to replace Ann Veneman as secretary of agriculture on  Thursday.
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President Bush today named Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the 28th US Secretary of Agriculture. Johanns was midway through his second term as Governor when the announcement was made.
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To have any real chance at unseating incumbent Senator Jim Talent, Democrat Claire McCaskill knows she is going to have to reach conservative rural voters
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By The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb. 9--U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns was the governor of Nebraska and a farm kid born and bred.
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President Bush on Thursday chose Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns as secretary of agriculture to oversee the nation's farm and food programs, an administration official said.