The Senate held a successful test vote Wednesday night to approve David Bernhardt to be President Trump’s next head of the Interior Department.

The cloture vote, 56 to 41, means the Senate can swiftly move to confirm Bernhardt when the Senate returns to session on Thursday morning.

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