Vice President Harris on Wednesday cast a tie-breaking vote to advance a controversial candidate for Biden.
The Senate was divided 50-50 over the nomination of Colin Kahl, President Biden
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According to the Senate Secretary’s Office, Harris’s fourth place as vice president was the first for a Biden nominee.
“In this vote, the ‘yes’ is 50, the ‘no’ is 50. The Senate is evenly divided, the vice-president is voting in the affirmative and the motion is being approved … The nomination will be on the Thank You,” Harris said. said as he presided over the room Wednesday.
Harris elbow-stamped Sen. John Hickenlooper
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Sen. Rob Portman
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“Tonight, I welcome the Vice President, the President of the Senate, to our room,” Portman said from the floor.
Kahl is the third Biden nominee to be fired to the Senate floor after a deadlock in the committee.
Senate Democrats earlier put Vanita Gupta in the position of Justice Department no. 3 dismissed and then confirmed. Harris was on hand Wednesday to confirm Gupta, but because Sen. Lisa Murkowski
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The Senate Armed Services Committee earlier voted 13-13 along party lines for Kahl’s nomination.
Republicans united against Kahl after criticizing him for tweets that hampered the Trump administration, as well as his support for the Iran-era nuclear deal.
During his confirmation hearing, Kahl apologized in his tweets for the “disrespectful” language. He also promised to approach the Pentagon orbit in a non-partisan manner, saying his previous government service shows his ability to do so.
But Sen. James Inhofe
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“When President Biden nominated Dr. Kahl for this post, my expectation was that if I am confirmed, he and I often do not agree on policy, but that we will actually get along, we can exist together,” Inhofe said on Wednesday. said.
‘But I quickly learned that it would be really impossible with Dr. Kahl, ‘Inhofe continued. “I think I’ve never said that about anyone, any nominee for any position I can remember.”
Rebecca Kheel contributed.