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Senate panel backs Gina McCarthy to lead EPA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic-controlled Senate committee backed President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, sending the nomination to the full Senate for a confirmation vote.

The 10-8 vote along party lines for Gina McCarthy, currently the agency’s top air-quality official, came a week after Republicans in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee boycotted a planned vote.