NOMINATIONS
Senate to vote on Granholm today, Raimondo next week
The Senate will take a procedural vote on former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) to lead the Department of Energy this afternoon.
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.
The Senate will take a procedural vote on former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) to lead the Department of Energy this afternoon.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Biden's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, received strong bipartisan support during a procedural vote yesterday.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on legislation this week to increase international cooperation on protecting forests and reefs.
The nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget is in jeopardy after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he would not support her.
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and roughly a dozen other Democratic senators are urging the administration to dramatically increase the federal government's reliance on electric vehicles.