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[1] [2] The Washington Post has identified 757 key positions requiring U.S. Senate confirmation. As of September 8, 2020, 531 of Trump's nominees for key positions had been confirmed, 97 were awaiting confirmation, and 13 had been announced but not yet formally nominated, [3] a total of 639 positions.
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum faces a confirmation hearing Thrusday for his appointment to run the Interior Department. Burgum is a businessman who served as governor of North Dakota for ...
Trump’s appointments fly in face of dire warnings from Democratic LGBT activists during the 2024 race. In January, the Philadelphia Inquirer quoted an anonymous gay man who said he was buying ...
DeSantis added on Thursday that he expects to appoint Moody to the Senate the afternoon of Jan. 20, after Trump is sworn in to office. "We anticipate Senator Rubio to get confirmed very quickly ...
The Appointments Clause appears at Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 and provides:... and [the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be ...
This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States , certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation ( advice and consent ) of the United States Senate .
None of President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees can be confirmed until he takes office on Jan. 20 – and expect a traffic jam in the Senate when he does.
As of 2016, there were around 4,000 political appointment positions which an incoming administration needs to review, and fill or confirm, of which about 1,200 require Senate confirmation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The White House Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) is one of the offices most responsible for political appointees and for assessing candidates ...