Only two Democrats voted to confirm Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, and they both still hope he’ll come through to build more affordable housing.
“I voted yes for him because I want to create and build more affordable housing,” Sen. John Fetterman told NOTUS when asked what he makes of how HUD is operating given his vote to confirm Turner. “You vote for someone, that doesn’t mean that you love and support everything that they do. Why is this even a question?”
Fetterman and Sen. Peter Welch joined Senate Republicans in confirming Turner by a vote of 55-44 in mid-February.