Two Testy Senators Creating Headaches for Biden’s Ambitious Climate, Abortion Agendas

One of the senators promised to block all of President Biden’s nominations to posts at the EPA until the administration backs off plans to use its regulatory cudgel to hobble power plants that use coal to generate electricity.

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Senators Manchin and Tuberville. AP

Two testy senators, one of them a Democrat, are using the Senate’s power to block presidential nominations and creating major headaches for the Biden administration and its ambitious efforts to advance liberal climate and abortion agendas.

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