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Collins Will Back Haaland for Interior Secretary

March 3, 2021 at 7:39 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) will vote to confirm interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland, making her the first GOP senator to publicly support President Joe Biden’s historic pick for the job, the HuffPost reports.

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