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WASHINGTON — The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11-10 along party lines Tuesday to approve former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
Wheeler has been leading the agency on a de facto basis since former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned in July amid ethics concerns.
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