Why wouldn't they? She is one of their own.
"GOP halts action on nominee for EPA; Blasts agency, boycotts vote on ex-Mass. official" by Noah Bierman and Tracy Jan | Globe Staff, May 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — Republican senators staged a surprise boycott of a committee meeting and stalled the confirmation of President Obama’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a move that underscores how bitter battles over some Cabinet nominations have strained the president’s relationship with Congress.
Gina McCarthy, a Massachusetts native who was a top environmental official under former Republican governor Mitt Romney and several other governors, has the backing of environmental and some business groups, making her a rather unlikely candidate for such an openly partisan maneuver....
In addition to outrage, Thursday’s action prompted concern from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who aligns with Democrats, that McCarthy could be the subject of a Republican filibuster once her nomination reaches the full Senate, something Democrats said would portend a new level of dysfunction.
Sanders said Democrats could have trouble mustering 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and urged colleagues on the environmental committee to push her nomination through as soon as possible to avoid a prolonged battle.
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Even if McCarthy is ultimately confirmed, Thursday’s action forces the EPA to operate longer without a permanent leader, a now-familiar predicament for the agencies that run Washington in an era of near-constant discord on Capitol Hill.
The EPA has lacked a permanent chief since Jackson stepped down in mid-February. Environmental leaders compared the lack of an EPA administrator to a police department without a chief....
On Wednesday, Republicans delayed, for the second time in two weeks, a vote on Tom Perez’s nomination as head of the Department of Labor....
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