
A Senate panel on Wednesday easily approved the nomination of Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) to be the Biden administrations Secretary of Commerce. Raimondo’s nomination vote in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee passed on a 21 to 3 vote. The nomination now heads to the full Senate for consideration. There are concerns, at least among some Republicans, that Raimondo hasn’t been clear about maintaining a Trump administration prohibition on U.S. companies doing business with Chinese telecommunications company…