April 23, 2018

2018-04-23T17:10:09-04:00

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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a meeting to vote President Trump’s secretary of state nominee, CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The Committee initially voted 11-10 to support the nomination; however, Senator Isakson’s (R-GA) vote was by proxy and by Senate rules could not be used to move a nomination to the floor. After some discussion, Senator Coons (D-DE), who opposed the nomination and was recorded as voting no, voted present to allow the nomination to go forward by a vote of 10-9.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a meeting to vote President Trump’s secretary of state nominee, CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The… read more