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Deb Haaland s nomination to lead Interior is a historic first for Native Americans. The GOP wants Biden to cancel it.
Darryl Fears, The Washington Post
Feb. 19, 2021
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Deb Haaland listens to speakers during a gathering in Albuquerque, in 2018.Washington Post photo by Bonnie Jo Mount.
As Rep. Deb Haaland prepares for a Senate hearing Tuesday that could make her the first Native American in history to lead the Interior Department, her supporters are listening to Republican opposition to her nomination with worry - and anger.
Haaland, a New Mexico Democrat,is expected to face sharp questioning from GOP members on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding her opposition to new oil and gas drilling leases on federal land - a position she shares with President Biden. Her lifetime score on environmental issues with the League of Conservation Voters is 98 percent.
Republicans in the Montana House Wednesday advanced another bill that could restrict abortion in the state, by forbidding some taxpayer-subsidized insurance policies from covering abortions.