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Eugene

(63,063 posts) Fri Jan 31, 2025, 12:43 AM Friday

Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling

Source: Associated Press

Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling

By MATTHEW BROWN
Updated 7:08 PM EST, January 30, 2025

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration’s ambitions to boost fossil fuel production.

The vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Burgum.

Burgum, 68, is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who came from a small North Dakota farming community, where he worked at his family’s grain elevator.

He served two terms as governor of the oil-rich state and launched a presidential campaign in 2023, but dropped out months later and quickly endorsed Trump.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/burgum-trump-interior-secretary-energy-a123dea9f2a1f03a1ed95f316593740d

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Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling (Original Post) Eugene Friday OP

Okay, our problem is not just the nazis... Think. Again. Friday #1

I think the cat's finally out of the bag. Brenda Friday #4

WTF!! Why are dems voting for this shit????????? 58Sunliner Friday #2

He could go ersatz "green" by claiming he's drilling for geological hydrogen. n/t. NNadir Friday #3

Think. Again.

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1. Okay, our problem is not just the nazis...

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Fri Jan 31, 2025, 01:35 AM

Friday

"The vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Burgum ."

Why don't our elected Dems see the reality in front of them?

And how can we get them to see it?