Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman played a decisive role in a Republican win on Thursday, when a razor-thin 8–7 vote in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced the nomination of Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to serve as the next secretary of Homeland Security.
Markwayne Mullin, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, advanced through committee thanks to Sen. John Fetterman.
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman cast the deciding vote to advance Trump's pick to lead Homeland Security.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is under heavy fire from fellow Democrats for casting the deciding vote to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-Okla.) nomination for DHS Secretary, with some openly calling for his ouster.Why it matters: The idea of trying to unseat Fetterman is never far from many Democrats' minds, but rarely has it been discussed so explicitly…
Calls for Pennsylvania senator – Trump’s ‘favorite Democrat’ – to resign after casting decisive committee voteDemocrats reacted with outrage to their party colleague John Fetterman’s decision to advance the nomination of Republican US senator Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary.Fetterman, the senior US senator from Pennsylvania, has in recent…
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) weighed in on President Trump’s decision to tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), claiming the senator’s acceptance of the nomination “shows us who he is.” “Him accepting, right, this nomination, and sitting there and wanting to be in the Cabinet, already shows us who…
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Mullin’s nomination will now head to a full Senate vote after clearing the committee in an 8-7 vote. The vote largely followed party lines, though Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) broke with Democrats ...
