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Nbadan
07-09-2014, 09:48 PM
U.S. Senate confirms San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to head HUD
Source: Houston Chronicle

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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to be President Obama’s next housing and urban affairs secretary, a post that will raise his profile in national politics.

The vote was 71 to 26, with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joining the GOP opposition.

With Democrats in control of the Senate, and only a majority vote needed to confirm Castro’s nomination to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, there was little open debate about the 39-year-old mayor.

The vote was widely expected after Castro won the public backing of fellow Texan John Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate. In a Senate hearing last month, Cornyn called the 39-year-old mayor an “example that the American dream is still very much alive.”


Read more: http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2014/07/u-s-senate-confirms-san-antonio-mayor-julian-castro-to-head-hud/

Castro is sooooo being primed to run with either Biden or Hillary in 2016....the only question is 'who asks first?'

DMX7
07-10-2014, 02:24 AM
Did anyone think Cruz was going to vote for him?

boutons_deux
07-10-2014, 07:53 AM
Will this ex-SA Hispanic mayor keep his enchilada zippered?