A new federal archivist is one step closer to Senate confirmation after a committee voted to approve her, despite controversy over the National Archives’ handling of presidential records and Equal Rights Amendment ratification.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs gave Colleen J. Shogan the green light in an 8-4 party-line vote Wednesday, with Democrats in support and Republicans opposed. The next step is a full Senate floor vote.
Shogan would be the first woman to serve as a Senate-confirmed archivist. A Yale Ph.D. and senior vice president at the White House Historical Association, she previously worked at ...
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