Ex-oil lobbyist confirmed as Trump’s Interior secretary, Peters, Stabenow vote no

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist and former President George W. Bush administration official, to become the next U.S. Interior secretary. The nomination was approved by a vote of 56-41, largely along party lines, with Michigan’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, voting against … Continue reading Ex-oil lobbyist confirmed as Trump’s Interior secretary, Peters, Stabenow vote no