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Mullin moving to Cabinet would set off Appropriations shuffle

Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s appointment to lead the Department of Homeland Security would shake up the Appropriations Committee and create a vacancy atop the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was nominating Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. A White House spokesman said the administration would “work to confirm” Mullin “as quickly as possible.”

Mullin’s departure from the Senate would open a seat on the coveted spending panel, as well as the chair of the smallest of its dozen subcommittees.

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