Schumer Announces Opposition to Additional Trump Cabinet Picks

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Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday he will vote no on the confirmation of five additional nominees to President Trump’s cabinet, adding to his list of Betsy DeVos, Rex Tillerson, and Jeff Sessions as individuals he would oppose.

“Rep Mick Mulvaney for Budget Director, Rep Tom Price for Health and Human Services, Steve Mnuchin for Treasury, Scott Pruitt for EPA and Andy Puzder for Labor have repeatedly shown they will not put the American People or the Laws of our nation first, and I will vote against their confirmations,” Schumer wrote in a Facebook post.

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