Three Democrats broke with their party to help confirm James Danly to be a Republican commissioner of the nation’s independent body of federal energy regulators, despite Democratic accusations that the Trump administration politicized the nomination process.
Centrist Democrats — Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Kristen Sinema of Arizona, and Doug Jones of Alabama — joined Republicans to approve Danly for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a 52-40 vote.
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