Schumer Tees Up Senate Vote On Joe Goffman For Top EPA Air Slot

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has moved to tee up a procedural vote on the long-pending nomination of Joe Goffman to head EPA’s air office, paving the way for a possible final vote on the pick before the Senate departs for the Christmas holiday. Schumer Dec. 18 filed cloture on the Goffman pick, a process that opens the path to a procedural vote to end debate on Goffman’s nomination, and then to final vote on whether to confirm him...