"President Donald Trump’s temporary replacement for embattled former EPA chief Scott Pruitt may not be so temporary after all.
Senate Republicans are eager to avoid a politically charged fight to confirm Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator, the role he is filling on an acting basis, before midterm elections in November and amid a separate battle over Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.
Trump hasn’t said whether he will nominate Wheeler for the EPA’s top job."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/17/2018