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Trump stacked his Cabinet with climate skeptics. Now Republicans are piling on Biden's climate activist nominee

President Joe Biden nominated the most diverse Cabinet in history, but the Senate, which gets to offer "advice and consent," is suddenly full of members -- mostly Republicans -- who are critical of partisan tweets and are carefully scrutinizing nominees' job qualifications.

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