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February 16, 2017

Senate Set to Approve Tea Party Lawmaker as Budget Director
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In Washington, D.C., the Senate is expected to narrowly confirm
Congressmember Mick Mulvaney as head of the White House budget office.
Mulvaney is a tea party Republican from South Carolina, who's opposed by
the entire Senate Democratic Caucus.


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