U.S. Senate confirms McNamee to FERC on party line vote

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump's pick for the vacant seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Bernard McNamee, an Energy Department lawyer that Democrats opposed for his views on climate change and renewable power.

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