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Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, meeting with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in ...
To be confirmed, a nominee needs to get a simple majority vote in the Senate, which is 51 or more votes out of the 100 Senators. Only a small number of cabinet picks have not been approved by the ...
The 51-49 vote to end debate on Hegseth’s nomination sets the stage for a final confirmation vote Friday, when he is expected to secure the majority support he needs to join Trump’s Cabinet.
The Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112–166 (text)), signed into law on August 10, 2012, eliminates the requirement of Senate approval for 163 positions, allowing the president alone to appoint persons to these positions: [7] Parts of the act went into effect immediately, while other parts took effect ...
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Health and Human Services by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of May 10, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 15 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 3 positions do not have nominees, and 22 appointments have been made ...
President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden for Office of Management and Budget director was pulled back, as were Trump’s first-term nominations of Andrew Puzder, Chad Wolf, and Ronny ...
The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), putting her at the center of an administration focused ...
The analysis found more room for a general complaint of slowness in congressional action and that the administration "has by far the fewest confirmed cabinet selections at this point" but it also noted that, beyond the non-action on Judge Merrick Garland's 10-month nomination to the Supreme Court by Trump's predecessor, President Obama's ...