Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is threatening to put a hold on the nomination of Sally Jewell to head the Interior Department until it agrees to reverse a preliminary decision rejecting a...
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REI Chief Executive Officer Sally Jewell is congratulated by outgoing Interior Secrtary Ken Salazar after she was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next Secretary of the Interior in the State Dining Room of the White House on Feb. 6, 2013.
Senator May Throw Speed Bump in Path of Interior Nomination
Lugar, Hatch Work to Avoid Rare Renomination Loss
Republican Senators Richard Lugar and Orrin Hatch are trying to avoid defeat at the hands of their own party’s voters. Both men are seeking their seventh terms this year. It would be unusual if either or both lost. Just seven senators...
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