There's a staggering number of pressing issues in this province: cuts to healthcare and education, public-sector wage freezes, a lack of action on renewable energy, sketchy nomination processes, and bribery in elections.
But Johnson focused most of his energy at his nomination hearing on pledging to better manage a sprawling bureaucracy with responsibilities ranging from counterterrorism to border security to immigration, and cited a need to improve departmental morale.
Republicans block investing in infrastructure, retraining factory workers, supporting clean energy, and court nominations.
'Mad Men's' Harry Hamlin talks Emmy nomination and energy serum.
This from an Energy Secretary who before his anointment as the administrations straw man at the DOE, had virtually no direct energy experience and whose nomination was widely greeted by a befuddled "Sam who?".
Senators must then find the courage and the energy to reject the nominations.
The remainder of July will be consumed by a brewing fight over Obama administration nominations, an energy efficiency bill and a possible second push on gun legislation.
The measure, which has no Democratic support in the Senate, is among many contentious items on the Congressional agenda, including energy legislation and judicial nominations, that Republican leaders are determined to take up before the break.
WASHINGTON — The Senate energy committee formally approved the nomination of Ernest J. Moniz to be energy secretary, the committee announced on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — With a coordination and an energy that echo a Supreme Court nomination fight, the Obama administration is pushing for the confirmation of a senior Justice Department lawyer to the country's most prestigious appellate court.
Hillary Clinton threw herself into what could be her final weekend of campaigning for the Democratic nomination with an energy and drive unseen since the opening of the contest two months ago.
