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UPDATE: Senator Mullin was confirmed late last night to serve as the next Secretary of Homeland Security. Let’s pray for him!
On Sunday, the Senate voted to advance the President’s nomination of Senator Markwayne Mullin to head the Department of Homeland Security. Surprising many, however, is a certain Democrat who voted with Republicans in favor of the nominee.
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From the Daily Caller:
The Senate on Sunday advanced President Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, bolstered by the surprise support of one Democrat who considers the nominee his friend.
The Senate voted 54-37 during a rare Sunday session to invoke cloture on Mullin’s nomination to succeed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, teeing up a final confirmation vote expected Monday or Tuesday, according to The Hill. While Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman‘s “yes” vote was expected, a second Democrat — New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich — also bucked his party to advance Mullin’s nomination in a surprise development.
“This is going to surprise some people, but I consider Markwayne Mullin a friend. We have a very honest and constructive working relationship,” Heinrich, a third-term member of the upper congressional chamber, wrote in a statement justifying the vote. “We have authored legislation together, such as the Tribal Buffalo Management Act, and we crafted the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill together this year. We often disagree and when we do, we work to find whatever common ground we share.”
Senator Heinrich highlighted Senator Mullin’s character, stressing their “constructive working relationship.” The Democrat Senator lamented how he has “under this and the previous Trump Administration … lacked any constructive relationship with the Secretary of Homeland Security.” He also recognized that Senator Mullin “is not someone who can simply be bullied into changing his views,” adding later that he hoped his colleague would not “take [his] orders from Stephen Miller.”
Senators John Fetterman and Martin Heinrich were the only Democrats to vote in favor. To many, this is an answered prayer. For years now, Senator Fetterman has served as a powerful display of bipartisanship in Congress, siding with Republicans on issues that truly matter. Intercessors have prayed that another senator would join him, and Senator Heinrich may just be an answer to those prayers.
Let’s thank God for Senator Heinrich’s efforts to cross the aisle, and let’s pray for Senator Markwayne Mullin as the Senate votes on whether or not to make him the next Secretary of Homeland Security.
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(Excerpt from the Daily Caller. Photo Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
