Nancy Beck doesn’t appear to have the votes to get out of committee.
WASHINGTON ― It looks like President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nancy Beck, isn’t going anywhere.
It’s just math. Beck’s nomination doesn’t appear to have the votes to clear the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a committee member, announced her opposition earlier this month, which would put the vote count at a 13-13 tie if every other Republican voted yes and every Democrat voted no. A tie means Beck almost certainly doesn’t advance.
There’s no reason to believe any Democrat on the committee would vote yes, given the strong objections to Beck’s nomination by virtually every environmental and consumer advocacy group you can think of. Continue reading.