WASHINGTON — A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump’s picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency over the objections of Democrats who pointed to the nominees’ past work for corporate clients they would now regulate.
Republicans on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works used their one-vote majority to move five nominations forward to the full Senate.
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