The last wall of opposition to former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson’s confirmation as secretary of state has come tumbling down.
Early on Monday, Sen. Marco Rubio, the lone Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who might plausibly have voted against Tillerson, posted a statement on Facebook saying he plans to vote for Tillerson’s confirmation. That means Tillerson is nearly certain to make it through the committee vote, scheduled for Monday afternoon, which has 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats.
This comes on the heels of the two other Republican Tillerson skeptics in the Senate, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, declaring their …read more
Source: Vox
