Jacob Fischler
Stone-Manning nomination set to advance to U.S. Senate after committee vote
In a contentious meeting that distilled a weeks-long fight, the U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee deadlocked 10-10 along party lines Thursday on approving Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination as head of the Bureau of Land Management.
Senate schedules Thursday vote for Stone-Manning
With all committee Republicans on the record against her nomination, Stone-Manning, of Montana, will almost certainly fail to receive the panel’s approval. But her nomination still could move to a Senate floor vote.
Public lands pick Stone-Manning fends off objections from Senate Republicans
Stone-Manning, a senior adviser with the National Wildlife Federation who served as chief of staff to former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, told the panel she would work with the agency’s diverse interests and touted her past work building coalitions.
Montana’s Stone-Manning wins backing of environmental groups before hearing
More than 100 organizations wrote to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, Monday asking that the Senate confirm Tracy Stone-Manning, a Montanan who led public lands policy at the National Wildlife Federation.
Haaland asks for funding to fight climate change, aid Native Americans
In her first congressional hearing as the leader of the Interior Department, Secretary Deb Haaland fielded questions from members of a U.S. House spending panel Tuesday on the major conservation and energy initiatives that President Joe Biden has outlined.
Will Biden restore endangered species protection for gray wolves?
A controversial decision in the last months of the Trump administration to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list led to a massive overhunt in Wisconsin this year that Ojibwe tribal representatives said disrespected their wishes.
Haaland faces tough confirmation; Daines leads opposition
GOP Sens. John Barrasso of Wyoming and Steve Daines of Montana sit on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which will hold the Tuesday hearing, and both have already raised objections that Haaland holds “radical” views.