Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) backtracked after saying that they would vote no for President Joe Biden’s future nominees, except for diversity nominees, because of the lack of Asian American representation in the cabinet.
The two senators dropped their threats to veto on Biden picks after the White House promised a senior-level Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) liason.
