Senate confirms McCabe as deputy EPA administrator Reuters 2 hrs ago
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Janet McCabe as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who will play a key role in implementing the Biden administration s plans to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels over the next decade.
The Senate voted 52-42, mostly along party lines, to approve her nomination.
McCabe, an attorney and professor, was a top EPA air policy official in the Obama administration and served as an environmental regulator in Indiana. She was an architect of Obama s Clean Power Plan, the country s first regulations targeting carbon emissions from power plants.
U.S. Senate confirms Hoosier Janet McCabe to be Deputy Administrator in Biden s EPA Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star
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The U.S. Senate confirmed Hoosier Janet McCabe to be deputy administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday. President Joe Biden nominated McCabe for the position in January.
That means she will serve as the No. 2 under the agency s incoming leader Michael Regan, who was nominated for his experience as top environmental regulator for North Carolina.
In a time of partisan politics, McCabe was confirmed in a 52-42 vote. Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) joined most Democrats to vote for her nomination. Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) was the only Democrat to vote against.
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Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress comes as the House is in the middle of a committee work period, with many members out of town, and the Senate is set to leave town on Thursday for a one-week break.
Biden’s speech is going to be unlike any other previous president’s speech to Congress given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
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Roughly 200 people will be allowed in the House chamber, with no lawmakers allowed to bring guests. The attendance cap also means some members won’t be able to attend. A memo from acting House Sergeant at Arms Timothy Blodgett warned that any members who do not have an invite from congressional leadership “will not be permitted in the Capitol after 5 p.m.”
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