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Dettelbach was confirmed by the Senate in a 48-46 vote. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Steve Dettelbach, a former federal prosecutor, to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms ...
Steven Michael Dettelbach (born November 29, 1965) is an American lawyer who has served as the eighth director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since 2022. He was the United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio for over six years during the presidency of Barack Obama , resigning in 2016.
Roughly 1,000 government positions require Senate confirmation through a majority vote in the 100-seat chamber. Most of Trump's Cabinet picks easily won confirmation during his first 2017-2021 ...
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vote date Senate committee vote Full Senate vote date Confirmation [2] Hearings Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson: TX: December 13, 2016 January 11, 2017 January 23, 2017 11–10 [3] February 1, 2017 56–43 [4] [a] Mike Pompeo: KS: March 13, 2018 April 12, 2018 April 23, 2018 11–9 [5] April 26, 2018 57–42 [6] [b] Secretary of the Treasury ...
On April 6, 2017, when considering the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, in a party-line vote the Republican Senate majority invoked the so-called "nuclear option", voting to reinterpret Senate Rule XXII and change the cloture vote threshold for Supreme Court nominations to a simple majority of senators present and voting.
In July 2022, former federal prosecutor Steven Dettelbach became the first Senate-confirmed director of the agency in more than seven years. Trump has vowed to remove him.
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