President Obama’s nominee to lead the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has run into a stonewall of GOP opposition — aided by a red-state Democrat — putting a normally routine appointment in doubt as the administration gears up for a fight over its ambitious green energy plan.

Ron Binz, Obama’s nominee for FERC chairman, has been unable to shake GOP charges that he’s a foot soldier in the White House’s efforts to sidestep Congress on climate change.

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