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Senate confirms Indian Affairs Sec.
Updated: Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012, 3:08 PM MST
Published : Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012, 3:08 PM MST
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Indian Affairs Secretary Arthur Allison has won Senate confirmation despite questions raised over allegedly illegal cigarette sales at his family's store near Farmington on the Navajo Nation.
The Senate voted unanimously for Allison's nomination on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Democratic Sen. Dede Feldman of Albuquerque voted against the nomination in the Rules Committee. She expressed support for Allison but said New Mexico could lose millions of dollars from a national tobacco settlement because of the sale of certain cigarettes on tribal lands.
The attorney general's office says a store operated by Allison's family sold cigarettes prohibited in New Mexico and sold untaxed cigarettes to non-Indians. A lawyer with Allison says the state lacks jurisdiction over such sales.
Allison transferred ownership of the store to his son last July.
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