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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch suspended the committee rules to advance Trump nominees Steve Mnuchin and Tom Price when Democrats boycotted over untrue statements the pair made.
Nancy Beck, a former chemical industry lobbyist opposed by environmental and consumer groups, "doesn't have the votes," the senator told HuffPost.
The actions of Donald Trump have united Democrats and much of the country with them, Senate Democratic leaders argue.
President Trump's nominees often publicly disagree with him, but Republicans don't see any chance that they could be lying, and telling Republicans what they want to hear. Two nominees have been caught in falsehoods, however.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch suspended the committee rules to advance Trump nominees Steve Mnuchin and Tom Price when Democrats boycotted over untrue statements the pair made.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell belittled concerns that two of President Trump's key nominees gave the Senate false information.
Noah says DeVos as education secretary is like putting an Amish man in charge of NASA.
Up today: Rep. Ryan Zinke and Betsy DeVos.
Defense Secretary nominee Gen. James Mattis declined to disavow his past comments that women in combat and openly serving gay members of the armed services harm the military.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took an entire letter Mitch McConnell wrote on vetting Obama nominees and sent it back to him unchanged for Trump nominees.