EPA Nominee on Track for Confirmation After Paperwork Submitted, Republicans Say

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Senate leadership is prepared to confirm Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency administrator with meager, or even nonexistent, Democratic support, top Republicans told Bloomberg BNA. Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) predicted Pruitt's confirmation, despite an ongoing outcry from Democrats over the nominee's skepticism of the human connection to climate change.