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Fetterman’s cross-party vote pushes Mullin’s DHS nomination forward

By Brooke Mallory

Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman played a decisive role in a Republican win on Thursday, when a razor-thin 8–7 vote in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced the nomination of Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to serve as the next secretary of Homeland Security.

The result was a dramatic rescue of a nomination that had appeared to be on the brink of collapse due to a defection from within the Republican party’s own ranks.

The confirmation process for Mullin, a former MMA fighter and staunch ally of President Donald Trump, was marked by intense personal animosity and procedural hurdles. The primary obstacle was not a Democrat, but the committee’s own chairman, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.)…

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