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10 a.m.: Elise Stefanik, U.N. ambassador. Stefanik, a New York congresswoman who serves as chair of the House Republican Conference, has a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Long one of Trump’s most loyal allies in the House, she was among those discussed as a potential vice presidential choice.
Here's a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time: Tuesday. 9 a.m.: Doug Collins, Department of Veterans Affairs. The former Georgia congressman is up first, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. Collins is a Baptist minister, former U.S. Navy chaplain and Air Force Reserve colonel.
10 a.m.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Heath and Human Services . Kennedy will appear before the Health Committee a day after his hearing before the Finance Committee. Dates not yet confirmed. Hearings are not yet scheduled for all of Trump's choices: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Labor Department. Howard Lutnick, Commerce Department. Linda McMahon, Education ...
Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Democratic Strategic Communications Committee: Cory Booker: NJ: January 3, 2025: Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner ...
The Senate's structure gives states with smaller populations the same number of senators (two) as states with larger populations. Historian Daniel Wirls contends that this structure makes the Senate "non-democratic", [10] while Levitsky and Ziblatt argue that the Senate is America's most minoritarian (undemocratic) institution. [78]
The 2024 election is today, and the results will usher in the 119th Congress.. The United States Congress is comprised of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate, or ...
Incoming Senate Republican Leader John Thune has not ruled it out. "All options are on the table, including recess appointments," he said on Fox News on Nov. 14.
Sen. Jon Tester remains the most endangered Democrat running for reelection. In a state Trump twice carried by significant margins, he’ll likely need to overperform Harris by double digits.