NOMINATIONS
Senators to process more judicial, executive picks
The Senate will vote this week on the nomination of Peter Phipps to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Manuel Quiñones
E&E Daily Editor
Before taking the helm of E&E Daily, Manuel served as the publication's deputy editor, coordinating congressional and political coverage. Manuel covered coal and mining issues after joining E&E News in 2011. He also followed campaigns and the debate surrounding the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Prior to E&E, Manuel covered Congress for several public radio stations around the country as part of the Capitol News Connection bureau. He started his journalism career in television news, covering the Missouri General Assembly for KMIZ-TV and the Virginia General Assembly for WSET-TV. He graduated from American University with a degree in journalism and a minor in international relations. He has a master's degree in political science from the University of Missouri.
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NATURAL RESOURCES
Committees take up park, land and tribal bills
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CLIMATE
Whitehouse pressures firms to boycott libertarian group
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DEFENSE
House passes climate, energy amendments
The House last night approved climate and energy amendments to the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
NOMINATIONS
Votes set on judicial, EPA picks
The Senate will take a procedural vote this evening on the nomination of Daniel Bress to sit on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.