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President-elect Donald Trump has said he might install his picks for top administration posts without first winning approval in the U.S. Senate. This would erode the power of Congress and remove a ...
Donald Trump called on Republican Senators vying for the majority leader position to permit him to appoint temporary cabinet members without Senate approval through ...
Trump won't get a vote in this secret-ballot race, but his influence over it is palpable. Many Republicans see Trump's comfortable victory in Tuesday's elections coupled with Senate Republicans ...
Only a small number of supermajority requirements were explicitly included in the original United States Constitution, including conviction on impeachment (two-thirds of senators present), [6] agreeing to a resolution of advice and consent to ratification of a treaty (two-thirds of senators present), [7] expelling a member of Congress (two-thirds of members voting in the house in question), [8 ...
If Republican senators choose not to approve nominees like Gaetz and Hegseth they risk Trump testing a tool to force them to step aside to allow him to approve his nominees without their consent.
On occasion, a cloture vote has been taken in an effort to end Senate debate and allow a confirmation vote to take place. Between the 1917 (when cloture was introduced to the Senate) and year 1975, cloture required the support threshold of two-thirds of senators present and voting.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to bring a Trump nominee to replace Ginsburg to a confirmation vote in the Senate. He distinguished the refusal of the Senate to allow a vote for Garland by stating that the Republicans successfully retaining control of the Senate in the 2018 elections gave them a mandate to fill a vacancy that ...
President-elect Trump is rounding out his administration with Cabinet picks, but there are several GOP senators whose votes could prove decisive in rejecting some nominations. The 6 Republican ...