Biden Cabinet Confirmation Live Thread ***hearings, votes, etc.***

[Alben Barkley]

Yellen, Garland, Buttigieg shouldn’t have any problems getting confirmed... In fact most of these won’t.

[Alben Barkley]

So I guess, the final vote for Haaland will be 52-53/47-48.

Why is she controversial ?

Because she’s a Native American ?!?

Cause she isnt very supportive of the oil and gas industry

This is pretty surprising for Murkowski.

Maybe she will go I/D after all???

[Alben Barkley]

So I guess, the final vote for Haaland will be 52-53/47-48.

Why is she controversial ?

Because she’s a Native American ?!?

Cause she isnt very supportive of the oil and gas industry

This is pretty surprising for Murkowski.

Maybe she will go I/D after all???

This isn't that surprising for Murkowski and it's not because Murkowski is a secret liberal, but her victories in the Senate have always relied on her strength of Alaskan Native voters and she knows it.

Still, it’s also going against Alaskan oil interests. It surprises me somewhat that she apparently thinks this would matter more to the Native vote, and that matters more than oil at all.