Senate panel OKs Mayor Julián Castro for Housing secretary
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WASHINGTON — San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro cleared his first hurdle in a bid to join the Obama Cabinet, as the Senate Banking Committee voted 16-6 this morning to approve his nomination for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
The six no votes all came from Republicans: Sens. Mike Crapo of Idaho, David Vitter of Louisiana, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Mark Kirk of Illiniois, Jerry Moran of Kansas, and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.
Four of the committee’s 10 Republicans supported Castro, as did all 12 Democrats.
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