Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday she will support President Joe Biden’s nominee for interior secretary, making Collins the first Republican senator to back the candidacy. Collins said in a statement that she would support Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to lead the agency, saying, “Haaland promised to be bipartisan in her new role at the Department of the Interior, and I look forward to working with her.” The announcement makes Haaland’s confirmation by the Senate nearly certain and follows last week’s endorsement of Haaland by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who last month sparked uproar among his Democrat colleagues when he declared he would oppose Biden’s choice for budget director, Neera Tanden, who subsequently withdrew. While Collins said that she and Haaland “certainly have differing views on some issues,” she touted Haaland’s support in the House for a conservation bill Collins co-sponsored, the Great American Outdoors Act, which authorizes nearly $3 billion …
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