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Trump’s all-star team is led by two blue state Western senators

Feb 8, 2017

By Center for Western Priorities

Will Cory Gardner and Dean Heller continue to rubber-stamp President Trump’s anti-conservation agenda?

Less than one month into President Donald Trump’s term, we’re learning who President Trump can lean on to pass his controversial agenda. Topping the list are Colorado Senator Cory Gardner and Nevada Senator Dean Heller.

New research from the data journalists at FiveThirtyEight finds that no U.S. senators are more willing to ignore their constituency and rubber-stamp President Trump’s agenda than Senators Gardner and Heller, despite Colorado and Nevada voters soundly rejecting candidate Trump during the 2016 election.