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Senate Panel to Vote on Stalled EPA Nomination Thursday.
Source: nyt/reuters
The head of the Senate Environment Committee on Friday rescheduled a vote on President Barack's Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, and urged Republicans to stop stalling the nomination.
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, who heads the committee, rescheduled for next Thursday what may be a party-line vote after Republicans boycotted a meeting scheduled this week.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/05/10/us/politics/10reuters-usa-energy-mccarthy.html?hp
