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Senate Set to Approve Tea Party Lawmaker as Budget Director

HeadlineFeb 16, 2017

In Washington, D.C., the Senate is expected to narrowly confirm Congressmember Mick Mulvaney as head of the White House budget office. Mulvaney is a tea party Republican from South Carolina, who’s opposed by the entire Senate Democratic Caucus.

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