NewsPolitics

Actions

Manchin says he'll vote for Haaland for interior secretary

Deb Haaland
Posted
and last updated

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will vote in favor of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as interior secretary, clearing the way for likely approval of her nomination as the first Native American to head a Cabinet agency.

Manchin is the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He had been publicly undecided through two days of hearings on Haaland’s nomination by President Joe Biden.

Manchin caused a political uproar last week by announcing plans to oppose Biden’s choice for budget director, Neera Tanden, a crucial defection that could sink her nomination in the evenly divided Senate.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Tuesday

07/01/2025

Clear

-° / 73°

0%

Wednesday

07/02/2025

Clear

103° / 73°

0%

Thursday

07/03/2025

Clear

103° / 70°

0%

Friday

07/04/2025

Clear

96° / 67°

0%

Saturday

07/05/2025

Clear

96° / 68°

0%

Sunday

07/06/2025

Clear

99° / 70°

0%

Monday

07/07/2025

Clear

101° / 71°

0%

Tuesday

07/08/2025

Clear

103° / 73°

0%