GOP senator held up Trump aide's confirmation to get info on border wall contracts

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) reportedly held up the confirmation of a White House budget official this week in order to get information on border wall contracts. The Washington Post reported Friday that Cramer put a temporary hold this week on the confirmation for Michael Wooten, who was nominated for a senior post at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). After Wooten’s ultimate confirmation this week, Cramer reportedly hammered the “arrogance” of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after he was told the contracts included sensitive information from the companies that could not be shared. The Post reported that Cramer has touted a major donor's company as his preferred construction firm. Cramer has received thousands of dollars in donations from the owner of North Dakota-based Fisher Industries and the CEO's family, according to campaign finance records. “This is a woefully inadequate response and not what I was promised by the White House as a condition for releasing my hold on the confirmation of the nominee for the Federal Procurement Officer,” Cramer wrote in an email, copying others at OMB, the White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to The Post...MORE