Senate approves Biden land-agency pick over GOP opposition
Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management during a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in this June 8, 2021, file photo. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate late Thursday approved President Joe Biden's choice to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, despite Republican complaints that she is an "eco-terrorist."
Tracy Stone-Manning, Biden's choice to lead the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, was approved, 50-45, on a party-line vote...
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