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Graham blocks vote on Obama energy nominee

By Matthew Daly
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is blocking a Senate vote on President Barack Obama’s energy secretary nominee to protest proposed budget cuts to a nuclear processing facility in Graham’s home state.

The Senate was expected to vote as soon as this week on physics professor Ernest Moniz’s nomination to lead the Energy Department. The Senate Energy Committee endorsed Moniz in a 21-1 vote last week.

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