Democratic senator Joe Manchin says he WILL vote for Biden s Interior pick Deb Haaland after throwing budget nominee Neera Tanden into jeopardy by refusing to back her over mean tweets
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday he will vote to confirm Rep. Deb Haaland as Joe Biden s secretary of the Department of the Interior
Last week, he expressed doubt over whether he would vote to confirm
Manchin, who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said Haaland proved in Tuesday s hearing her commitment to bipartisanship
If confirmed, New Mexico Democratic Rep. Haaland would make history as the first Native American to head a presidential cabinet agency
Michigan Senator Gary Peters named new DSCC Chair By Adam Brewster
January 28, 2021 / 11:54 AM / CBS News
Michigan Senator Gary Peters, who was just reelected to his second term in the Senate, has been named the new chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the party s Senate campaign arm.
As DSCC chair, Peters will be responsible for helping recruit candidates for Senate races and leading fundraising efforts. His top task is to build upon the slim majority Democrats currently hold in the Senate.
In November, Peters won a tough race against Republican challenger John James. The seat had been heavily targeted by Republicans, who hoped to flip the seat, but Peters went on to win by 1.7 points.
Josh Hawley s Efforts to Block Biden DHS Pick Alejandro Mayorkas Fails in Committee
On 1/26/21 at 1:42 PM EST
A Republican-led effort to delay the confirmation of President Joe Biden s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed on Tuesday as the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee voted to move the nomination forward.
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri said last week that he was placing a hold on Biden s nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas, the former deputy secretary of the DHS during former President Barack Obama s administration. The Biden administration had previously hoped Mayorkas would be confirmed before Biden s inauguration on January 20, according to
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Many people around the country and in Michigan believe the 2020 general election was rigged against President Trump thus made Joe Biden an illegitimate President-elect. In fact when Rasmussen Polling company asked the question:
“How likely is it that Democrats stole votes or destroyed pro-Trump ballots in several states to ensure that Biden would win?”
They surprisingly found that 30% of Democrats responded that it was likely, with another 20% believing it was “very likely.”
Also, 75% of Republicans said they felt Democrats “stole votes or destroyed pro-Trump ballots” in a number of states. Overall, nearly half the country is not confident in the integrity of the 2020 election.