The Senate confirmed Kelly Loeffler on Wednesday in a bipartisan vote to lead the Small Business Administration, bringing the total number of President Trump’s cabinet officials to 18.
The upper chamber voted 52-46 to approve Loeffler’s nomination, with Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen joining 51 Republicans in support.
Forty-six Democrats opposed the nomination of the former U.S. senator from Georgia, while Republican Sens. Jerry Moran of Kansas and Dan Sullivan of Alaska did not vote.
Loeffler will now lead the agency with a roughly $1 billion budget tasked with providing loans, grants and financial coaching to small-business owners nationwide,” the New York Post reported.
