#senate-confirmation

#senate-confirmation

On the [government's] reading, the president would have had no need ever to seek the Senate's advice and consent for his [US attorney] appointments. Whenever there was a fair prospect of the Senate's rejecting his preferred nominee, the president could have appointed that individual unilaterally to serve ad infinitum. It is unthinkable that such an obvious means for the executive to expand its power would have been overlooked by Congress.

Only the Appointments Clause or the Vacancies Act's exclusive structure may authorize service as a principal officer, and Lake satisfies the requirements of neither the statute nor the Constitution. Lake had been chosen by Trump to effectively lead the agency that oversees Voice of America and other services like Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. But she has not received Senate confirmation for her role.

With the selection of Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, 47, to replace Kristi Noem, Donald Trump has placed one of the most loyal members of Congress to his agenda at the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A staunch MAGA supporter, Mullin is very likely to lead the department in line with Trump's immigration policy, aimed at achieving the largest deportation in U.S. history.

Noem has been in acute trouble ever since her management of the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, in which officials shot and killed two U.S. citizens. Her management of the agency has made her widely disliked both within DHS and among other members of the Cabinet and White House staff.

Kushner and Witkoff are very accomplished business people. I'm sure they're good negotiators, but they're not subject to Senate confirmation and they're not subject to oversight.

Jeremy Carl, President Donald Trump's pick for a top State Department post, sputtered through his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday when challenged by a senator who characterized him as a legit white nationalist. Carl is a senior fellow at the conservative Claremont Institute, who has made incendiary statements about Jews, women, race and the great replacement theory that suggests white Americans are being replaced by immigrants in the work force, according to The Washington Post.

"He did not have the votes,"

Rhodes has been acting as a senior adviser to OFPP's parent agency, the Office of Management and Budget, since February with the responsibility of leading the Trump administration's push to restructure federal procurement. All but one section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation has been overhauled since then. OFPP and the FAR Council have collaborated on the effort and gradually rolled out the changes.

I know that the U.S. Attorney from the Eastern District or from that district in Virginia, that he was approved by two Democrat senators who, in my opinion, are among the worst. And when I learned that two senators, Democrats, because, as you know, it's very hard with the Blue Slip, it is very hard for a Republican to get somebody approved if you have one senator that's a Democrat because of an old custom. It's not a law, it' s a custom.

Actually, she was one of 48 Trump nominees for sub-Cabinet positions and ambassadorships to be confirmed in a nuclear option rule change, used to bypass a 60-vote threshold for confirming nominees in batches, as NBC News reported. However Guilfoyle got the job, she expressed profound gratitude to Trump and to the U.S. Senate for their trust and confidence in me. She said on X: It is the honor of my life to serve as the first female ambassador of the United States to Greece.

The federal public defender's office in Los Angeles filed a motion Friday to disqualify acting U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli, arguing that President Trump's pick to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Southern California is unlawfully occupying his post.

You know, they're trying to look at this as they all need to get along to go along. But they're not looking at what this does. The president was rightfully voted in by a majority of Americans, and he is entitled to pick his U.S. Attorneys, his Department of Justice officials, his judges, so that we can continue the agenda that the American public voted for which is to get rid of crime.

Recess appointments allow Trump to expedite the appointment of numerous nominees without the traditional Senate confirmation process, enabling more efficient governance aligned with voters' choices.

In a floor speech ahead of Thursday's vote, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said that Long is 'knee-deep in tax scams, corruption, and cover-ups' that should disqualify him from leading the IRS.

Charles Kushner's nomination as U.S. ambassador to France was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 51 to 45, highlighting bipartisan tensions.

If I'm confirmed, before DOGE is able to access anything with regard to personnel and personal protected information, there will be some kind of contract that prevents them from doing certain things.