Odds Grow Longer for Obama’s Nominee to U.S. Energy Panel

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Opposition to President Barack Obama’s choice to head the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission grew as Republicans led by Senator Mitch McConnell said they’ll vote against Ron Binz’s confirmation.

“His nomination is yet another threat to American energy and jobs and I will work to defeat it,” McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate minority leader, said in a statement today.