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  • Senate panel approves five Interior, Energy nominees after delayed vote (Murkowski doings)

    08/03/2017 12:16:22 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 13 replies
    The Hill ^ | August 3, 2017 | Timothy Cama
    A Senate panel has approved five of President Trump’s nominees for senior roles in the Interior and Energy departments after a delayed vote. The approval from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee occurred during a brief meeting in the Capitol between votes in the upper chamber. The committee had planned to vote on the nominees last week. But Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) postponed the vote , the same day that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called her reportedly to threaten not to make numerous pro-Alaska decisions she wants because of her votes against repealing Obamacare. Both Murkowski and Zinke later...