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"Temporary EPA Chief Could Keep Gig for Years Without Senate Vote" [1]

"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."

Jennifer A Dlouhy reports for Bloomberg July 16, 2018. [2]

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Source: Bloomberg [2], 07/17/2018
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