Jewell gets big vote

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Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Jewell gets big vote </h1>
                <h2><p>In a largely bipartisan vote, a Senate committee approved REI's Sally Jewell as the next U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Joel Connelly of seattlepi.com notes that Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch might place a hold on the nomination over protection of sage grouse (he favors a</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>In a largely bipartisan vote, a Senate committee approved REI's Sally Jewell as the next U.S. Secretary of the Interior. <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/03/21/senate-panel-votes-to-confirm-jewell/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Joel Connelly of seattlepi.com notes</a> that Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch might place a hold on the nomination over protection of sage grouse (he favors a state plan; some Republicans fear the feds' protection ideas might interfere with energy developments). Despite <a href="http://blogs.idahostatesman.com/risch-joins-majority-in-sending-jewell-interior-nomination-to-senate-floor/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">voting for her in committee,</a> Risch could still block a full Senate vote on the nomination.The vote was 19-to-3; Republicans John Barasso of Wyoming, Mike Lee of Utah and Tim Scott of South Carolina opposed. Hmm,  opposing an REI exec (whose products reach millions of the youngest and most active folks nationwide). Perhaps they didn't get <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/03/18/reince-priebus-republican-party-evaluation-scary/1997603/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">the Republican memo on modernizing</a> the party's image.</p>
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In a largely bipartisan vote, a Senate committee approved REI's Sally Jewell as the next U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Joel Connelly of seattlepi.com notes that Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch might place a hold on the nomination over protection of sage grouse (he favors a state plan; some Republicans fear the feds' protection ideas might interfere with energy developments). Despite voting for her in committee, Risch could still block a full Senate vote on the nomination.The vote was 19-to-3; Republicans John Barasso of Wyoming, Mike Lee of Utah and Tim Scott of South Carolina opposed. Hmm, opposing an REI exec (whose products reach millions of the youngest and most active folks nationwide). Perhaps they didn't get the Republican memo on modernizing the party's image.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi