Senate Panel Awaits McCabe's Answers Six Months After Nomination Hearing

摘要

Six months after Janet McCabe's nomination hearing to become the top air official at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hasn't received the necessary responses to move forward on her nomination, Luke Bolar, a spokesman for committee Ranking Member Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), told Bloomberg BNA. The delay, unexplained by the agency, further imperils McCabe's chances of Senate confirmation this year. Committee members would need time to review McCabe's responses to questions for the record prior to holding a committee vote on her nomination and potentially moving it onto floor consideration. It remains unclear whether there would time for a vote on McCabe's nomination, given the logjam of judicial and other executive nominees awaiting confirmation.