Native veterans support Deb Haaland ahead of historic vote
Monday, March 15, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. Native veterans and allies are stepping up to support Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) ahead of her final historic vote as Secretary of the Interior.
Haaland, a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna, comes from a military family. Her mother served in the U.S. Navy and her father was in the U.S. Marine Corps, a history she shared at her confirmation hearing last month.
“My mother is a Navy veteran, was a civil servant at the Bureau of Indian Education for 25 years, and she raised four kids as a military wife,” Haaland told the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during her opening statement on February 23.
Senate sets initial vote on Deb Haaland to be Secretary of the Interior
Thursday, March 11, 2021
UPDATE:
The U.S. Senate voted 54 to 42 to end debate on Deb Haaland’s nomination to be Secretary of the Interior. Four Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in voting to advance the nomination. A final vote is still expected on Monday.
The vote is of a procedural nature, on what is known as motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. Schumer filed the motion earlier this week in order to clear Republican objections to Haaland, who is a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna.
“Despite Republican obstruction, Representative Haaland will be confirmed by the Senate to be Secretary Haaland,” Schumer said on Tuesday before submitting the motion.
political mastery and capital. we are on the verge of making great history for the american people, and in doing so, we will make great progress for them as well. she knows how to count votes in the house and play the game in the house like few other people have. and to keep people with her in terms of handing out committee assignments, subcommittee assignments, contracts, things that only a speaker really has the power to do. we re not going to let any barrier stand in the way. and if there is a barrier, we will go up the fence, we will go push open the gate. if that doesn t work, we ll climb the fence. if that doesn t work, we ll pole vault in. if that doesn t work, we ll parachute in. but we re not letting anything stand in the way of our passing the affordable care act. but just days before a final vote, a mutiny erupted within pelosi s own party. coming up she basically said, if we don t stick together, it s not going to pass.
we are on the verge of making great history for the american people, and in doing so, we will make great progress for them as well. she knows how to count votes in the house and play the game in the house like few other people have. and to keep people with her in terms of handing out committee assignments, subcommittee assignments, contracts, things that only a speaker really has the power to do. we re not going to let any barrier stand in the way. and if there is a barrier, we will go up the fence, we will go push open the gate. if that doesn t work, we ll climb the fence. if that doesn t work, we ll pole vault in. if that doesn t work, we ll parachute in. but we re not letting anything stand in our way of passing the affordable care act. but just days before a final vote, a mutiny erupted within pelosi s own party. coming up she basically said, if we don t stick together, it s not going to pass. of a lifetime. it s progressive on ice.