“The Senate voted Wednesday night to confirm Robert Anderson [Bois Forte Band member] as Interior’s top lawyer. Energy and Natural Resources ranking member John Barrasso said earlier in the day he would vote against Anderson, but his reasoning — that Anderson’s specialty in tribal and treaty law wasn’t enough to warrant the top legal position in a department that oversees the U.S. government’s relations with native tribes — didn’t prevent several Republicans from joining Democrats in the 53-44 result.”
