ALBUQUERQUE – The Senate’s top-ranking leader says it time for lawmakers to vote up or down on Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera.New Mexico Senate President Pro-tem Mary Kay Papen says the Democratic-controlled chamber has wasted too much time by preventing Skandera’s nomination from coming to the floor over the last four years. The Las Cruces Democrat says Gov. Susana Martinez has a right to appoint her cabinet members and the Senate has the responsibility to vote to approve them or not.

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