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Senate panel advances Granholm s energy secretary nomination
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
voted 13-4 to
send Granholm s nomination to the full Senate for consideration, and one of the panel s top Republicans predicted she has the votes there to win confirmation.
The former two-term governor breezed through last week s hearing before the panel with relatively little pushback on her record, garnering praise for her grasp of energy issues.
But two Republican senators Wednesday said they couldn t support her nomination in light of the Biden administration s aggressive climate agenda and recent executive actions,
saying the president in his first two weeks in office declared war on American energy and that workers would lose their jobs as a result.
Nine Catholics nominated to Cabinet-level jobs in Biden administration
Jan 27, 2021 catholic news service
This is a composite photo of President Joe Biden and seven of nine Catholics he has nominated for his Cabinet. At the top, from left, are Biden; Secretary of the Interior nominee Deb Haaland; confirmed Secretary of Defense retired Gen. General Lloyd Austin; and Secretary of Energy nominee and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. At the bottom, from left, are Department of Veterans Affairs nominee Denis McDonough; Presidential Climate Envoy nominee John Kerry; Secretary of Labor nominee Boston Mayor Marty Walsh; and Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Not pictured are Secretary of Commerce nominee Gina Raimondo and Secretary of Agriculture nominee Tom Vilsack. (Credit: CNS composite/photos by Kevin Lamarque, Reuters; Brendan McDermid, Reuters; Jim Lo Scalzo, Pool via Reuters; Rafael Suanes, Georgetown University; Arnd Wie
Nine Catholics nominated to cabinet jobs in Biden administration
More than one third of the US president s incoming cabinet are his fellow Catholics
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US President Joe Biden speaks on the US Covid-19 response at the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 26. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP)
In what may be an all-time high, President Joe Biden has nominated nine Catholics to serve in his cabinet.
One of them, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, has already been confirmed as secretary of defense.
The others nominated thus far and the departments they would head, if confirmed, are Deb Haaland, Interior; Tom Vilsack, Agriculture; Gina Raimondo, Commerce; Marty Walsh, Labor; Denis McDonough, Veterans Affairs; Jennifer Granholm, Energy; Xavier Becerra, Health and Human Services; and John Kerry, presidential envoy for climate.