Interior Secretary nominee Rep. Deb Haaland moved one step closer to confirmation on Thursday, after a Senate committee voted to advance her nomination to the full chamber. One Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), joined Democrats in voting to move forward with Haaland’s nomination. […]
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Susan Collins Will Vote For Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland
Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) will vote to confirm interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland, making her the first GOP senator to publicly support President Joe Biden’s historic pick for the job. “After examining Representative Deb Haaland’s qualifications, reviewing her hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and meeting with […]
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Budget nominee Neera Tanden withdraws nomination amid opposition
Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Published 7:32 p.m. ET March 2, 2021 Washington — President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators for her controversial tweets. In this Feb. 10, 2021 […]
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GOP Science Deniers Lecture Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland On Science
Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland on Wednesday wrapped up two days of Senate confirmation hearings in which Republicans seemed hellbent on casting her as anti-science ― a bizarre tactic given that she has no such record. But they do. Republican Sens. John Barrasso (Wyo.), Steve Daines (Mont.) and Bill Cassidy (La.) […]
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Senate Committees Postpone Votes on Biden OMB Nominee Neera Tanden
WASHINGTON—Two Senate committees postponed scheduled votes on Neera Tanden’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget, raising further doubts that she can garner enough support to be confirmed by the chamber. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Budget Committee had been scheduled to […]
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Republicans still skeptical of Interior nominee Haaland after first session | News
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., didn’t appear to win many converts Tuesday among the Republicans most skeptical of her nomination to be Interior secretary, despite testifying that she understands what oil and gas production means to their communities. “As I’ve learned in this role, there’s no question that […]
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Deb Haaland Confirmation: Interior Nominee Sidesteps Question on Biden’s Keystone XL Order
Rep. Deb Haaland (D., N.M.) speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 23, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Reuters) Representative Deb Haaland (D., N.M.) on Tuesday would not say whether she agrees with President Biden’s […]
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Interior Secretary Nominee on Collision Course With Oil Industry
WASHINGTON— Deb Haaland is poised to make history on two fronts, as both the first Native American cabinet secretary and as the architect of what could be a landmark change in the U.S. government’s relationship with oil. First, she will need to be confirmed by the Senate as President Biden’s […]
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Hickenlooper meets with Interior nominee | Western Colorado
Following an online meeting on Monday to discuss efforts to try and keep the Bureau of Land Management in Grand Junction, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo reached out to secretary of the interior nominee Deb Haaland on Tuesday. Hickenlooper, who is a member of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources […]
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Push to keep BLM headquarters here to focus on Interior secretary nominee | News
Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation and local economic boosters plan to work on changing the mind of Interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland and persuade her of the value of the Bureau of Land Management’s relocation of its headquarters to Grand Junction. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.; U.S. […]
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Biden announces Granholm as nominee for energy post
President-elect Joe Biden formally announced Thursday his intent to nominate former two-term Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to serve in his Cabinet as energy secretary. Granholm is poised to helm a $35 billion-a-year agency tasked with oversight of the country’s energy supply and electric grid, security of the nation’s nuclear arsenal, research at 17 national […]