Posted on 03/24/2021 12:15:25 PM PDT by cotton1706
Late Monday, Politico reported that Senator Lisa Murkowski, one of a handful of Republicans in the chamber who can be counted on in close confirmation votes, nixed the Biden administration’s desired nominee for deputy secretary of the Interior Department. The nominee, Elizabeth Klein, the deputy director of the State Energy and Environmental Impact Center at the New York University School of Law, was shot down by Murkowski due to Klein’s progressive policy positions on climate and environmental issues, per Politico, particularly as they relate to the potential for extractive development in Murkowski’s home state of Alaska. The decision arrived less than two weeks after the Republican senator cast a crucial vote in favor of the White House’s pick for interior secretary, Deb Haaland, a Laguna Pueblo citizen who became the first tribal citizen nominated and approved for a Cabinet position.
Typically, any dissonance found in these kinds of decisions can be attributed to the Beltway’s standard brand of horse-trading politics. For instance, it would be fair to read Politico’s reporting and wonder if the Klein rejection was part of a preordained deal between Murkowski and the White House, wherein she would approve Haaland’s nomination in exchange for being able to publicly block another Interior-related progressive pick. But Murkowski’s approval of Haaland and rejection of Klein also speaks to a broader issue the Biden administration has encountered in its initial months. As the administration has staked out its goals on tribal consultation, climate policy, economic stability, and energy production, it’s already apparent that Alaska’s versions of these debates rarely fit into neat partisan boxes.
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Her dentures anyway...
Note to Deep State: Maybe not so fond of RCV now...?
I really think this is not about (D) and (R) so much as about AMOCO and EXXON.
Lisa’s owners don’t belong to any one political party.
“Her dentures anyway...”
LOL! Joey Potatoes agrees.
More good cop/bad cop. The GOP will do JUST enough to keep people voting for their “brand” while the other half votes for the other “brand”. But both brands have the same goal.
IIRC, didn’t she run for office the last time as a write-in candidate? Didn’t a judge rule that any spelling remotely close had to be counted?
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