The US Senate confirmed Oklahoma Atty. Gen. Scott Pruitt’s (R) nomination to be US Environmental Protection Agency administrator by 52 to 46 votes on Feb. 17. The action quickly followed a rejection by 51 to 47 votes of Democrats’ call for a delay to review more than 2,500 letters and e-mails Oklahoma County Court Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons ordered Pruitt’s office to release a day earlier.

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