The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Scott Turner as the 19th secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Turner cleared the confirmation process in a vote of 55-44 that was almost entirely along party lines. Two Democrats, John Fetterman (Pa.) and Peter Welch (Vt.), crossed the aisle to vote in favor of confirmation. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) did not record a vote.

Marcia Fudge, Turner’s predecessor from the Biden administration, was confirmed with 66 votes in March 2021. And Trump’s first-term HUD secretary, details ⇒

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