Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Only 4 of 50 GOP U.S. Senators can bring themselves to vote to confirm Deb Haaland as first Native American cabinet member

 



Meet the fossils.
Not everyone was celebrating. Some Republican senators have criticized Haaland's views on oil drilling and other energy development as “radical” and extreme, citing her opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline and her support for the Green New Deal, a sweeping, if mostly aspirational, policy to address climate change and income inequality.

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Miguel Cardona, Jennifer Granholm.  (3/2/2020)
Meet the demographically representative GOP troglodytes who voted 'nay' to confirm Linda Thomas-Greenfield as United Nations Ambassador.  (2/24/2021)

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