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Jun 23, 2021 | 7:04 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Cindy McCain, widow of the late Republican Senator John McCain, to be U.S. representative to the United Nations agencies for food and agriculture, the White House said.
Biden also nominated Jack Markell, the former Democratic governor of his home state of Delaware, to be the U.S. representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the White House statement said.
The pair were among 17 nominations sent to the Senate for confirmation.
McCain endorsed Biden in Novemberâs election in which the Democrat defeated Republican President Donald Trump, who had repeatedly criticized McCainâs husband. John McCain died in 2018.
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Matt Murphy
State House News Service
BOSTON House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, Feb. 11, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Among the new leadership team is Rep. Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown, who represents the Fourth Barnstable District, consisting of Brewster s Precinct 3, Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet. Peake was a member of the Provincetown Select Board from 2002 to 2007. She was elected to the House in 2007.
House Speaker Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo.
BOSTON House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo.
Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Committee, successfully guided the House through the passage of a major reform of policing in Massachusetts and an expansion of abortion access. Cronin was first elected to the House in 2012.