The Senate Democratic Caucus recently wrote to the White House, signaling they would vote against confirming William Perry Pendley.<br />According to HuffPost, they called on President Donald Trump to nominate someone else to oversee the Bureau of Land Management.<br />Pendley is an extremist with a fondness for selling off private lands and reducing access to them. He's been serving as the interim BLM director.<br />On August 15th, the White House announced that Trump will withdraw Pendley’s nomination. But for Democrats, that's cold comfort and an empty gesture.<br />Pendley will continue to maintain the director’s authority, whether he's nominated and confirmed or not.<br />That's thanks to an order that President Trump crafted and signed in May. The order keeps Pendley at the helm of the bureau indefinitely.