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By 1998, temporary appointments filled 20% of the 320 positions requiring Senate confirmation. [15] [16] The Federal Vacancies Reform Act was introduced in the US Senate on June 16, 1998, as S. 2176 of the 105th Congress. The sponsor of the bill was Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee, then chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee ...
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump. Links to lists of announced positions from which candidates have withdrawn or appointees who have resigned or have been terminated , as well as lists of appointments to other independent agencies and of holdovers from ...
Donald Trump called on Republican Senators vying for the majority leader position to permit him to appoint temporary cabinet members without Senate approval through recess appointments and ...
Recess appointments are when the president appoints a federal official while the U.S. Senate is in recess. Various presidential appointments must be approved by the Senate and go through a hearing ...
A placeholder candidate is used in politics as a temporary stand-in for ballot access petitioning purposes until the actual nominees are decided. The need for such placeholders arises from the fact that many third parties must begin their petitioning efforts to meet ballot access deadlines well before their nominating conventions.
Recess appointments are a process under which Senate leadership would dismiss the chambers and allow Trump to appoint his nominees without the need to go through Senate confirmation.
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 .
No appointment Richard Potts (PA) January 10, 1793: Pennsylvania (Class 1) Vacant Failure to elect by March 4, 1791 No appointment Albert Gallatin (AA) February 28, 1793: Connecticut (Class 3) Roger Sherman (PA) Died July 23, 1793 No appointment Stephen Mitchell (PA) December 2, 1793: New York (Class 3) Rufus King (F) Resigned May 23, 1796 No ...