The Senate, in a bipartisan fashion, voted Monday evening to confirm fracking executive Chris Wright as secretary of Energy.
Senators voted 59 to 38 with seven Democrats and one independent joining their Republican colleagues to confirm Wright. Senate Democrats who supported Wright included Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, New Hampshire Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Lújan. Independent Maine Sen. Angus King also voted in favor of Wright’s nomination.
Wright becomes Trump’s ninth cabinet nominee to secure confirmation, placing the president’s nominees on a much faster schedule to securing confirmation when compared to former President Joe Biden’s nominees. (RELATED: New EPA Chief Has Message For Bureaucrats Hoping To Stymie Trump Agenda From Within)
Despite Democrat delays, the Senate is…
