WASHINGTON — In a rare display of bipartisanship, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed former wrestling entertainment executive Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration as part of President Trump’s Cabinet.
The Senate voted 81-19 to confirm McMahon, who helped start and grow World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said McMahon will “prioritize growing jobs over growing government bureaucracy.”
“In so many states, including mine, that’s a welcome change from Washington,” McConnell said.
McMahon served as the chief executive officer at WWE before stepping down in 2009 to run for the Senate. She helped WWE grow from about a dozen employees into an enterprise with more than 800.
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