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Ramesh Ponnuru: Bipartisan battle lines on confirmations are hardening

An EPA director with the same views as Pruitt but better ethics would be a step up. But contemporary politics gets in the way of making that switch.

In this April 26, 2018, photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt removes his glasses as he testifies at a hearing of the House Appropriations subcommittee for the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The lobbyist whose wife rented a condo to Pruitt at $50 a night sought EPA committee posts for a lobbying client about the time Pruitt moved out, according to a newly released EPA memo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)