After months of stalling, the Senate finally voted to confirm Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to head up the Environmental Protection Agency.
On Thursday, the Senate voted 69 to 31 to end debate and move to a final confirmation vote. The chamber then voted to confirm McCarthy in a 59 to 40 vote, angering some Republicans who have opposed what they describe as the EPA’s “anti-coal” agenda.
“By nominating Gina McCarthy to serve at the helm of President Obama’s overreaching EPA, he has essentially promoted his lieutenant in the war on coal to be commanding general,” said Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who voted against McCarthy. “The President’s war on coal is a war on Kentucky jobs and I will fight him every step of the way.”
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