Democrats Plan Another Floor Vote To Confirm Goffman As EPA Air Chief

Senate Democrats appear to be trying again to hold a floor vote to confirm Joe Goffman to be EPA’s air office assistant administrator, after Democratic leaders earlier this month short-circuited a confirmation vote of the long-pending nominee. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Jan. 25 filed a motion to invoke “cloture” on the Goffman nomination, which would formally end debate and clear the way for floor votes sometime next week, depending on the chamber’s schedule for considering other nominees...