Near party-line committee vote advances US FERC nominee without Democratic pairing

摘要

The nomination of James Danly to the US Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission advanced out of the Senate Energy and NaturalResources Committee Tuesday, along with more than a dozenbipartisan energy bills that could become collateral damage fromthe White House’s failure to pair a Democrat with the Republicannominee as is typical.Danly, who is currently the commission’s general counsel, emergedrelatively unscathed from a November 5 confirmation hearing beforethe Senate energy panel. But several Democrats have expressedirritation with the White House for failing to also nominate a Democratto bring the commission to its full complement of five members.