Obama Second-Term Agenda Complicated by Cabinet Delays
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Senate Republicans are delaying at least two Cabinet-level nominations with potential effects on industries, complicating President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda.
Obama’s choices to lead the Labor Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have been delayed by feuds over their past positions and the policies of departments they aspire to lead. His nominee to lead the Energy Department had been stalled, though an agreement was reached late yesterday for a confirmation vote.