GOP Senator Would Likely Oppose Potential Romney EPA Chief Nominee

The Hill: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is signaling that fealty to former President George W. Bush's administration does not guarantee a potential senior nominee a clear path through Senate confirmation. Vitter told Greenwire last week that James Connaughton, Bush's former head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, would not get his support to be Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator. Because the EPA nomination must pass through the Senate Committee on Environment and Public...

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