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cliffside

(659 posts)
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:26 PM Jan 14

Senate Hearings for Trump's Cabinet Picks Have Begun. Here's the Schedule.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/us/politics/trump-cabinet-senate-hearings-schedule.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU4.CAId.44v_yAOqw1xq&smid=url-share

"Selections for attorney general, secretary of homeland security, secretary of state and Treasury secretary are among those set to have hearings this week.

The Senate has scheduled hearings for a dozen of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for some of the most significant positions in his new government.

Many of these candidates have previously visited Capitol Hill for meetings with individual senators whose support they may need in the final confirmation vote. Now they will appear before Senate committees that oversee the agencies that they have been selected to lead.

Here’s the schedule for this week: ..."

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Drum

(10,096 posts)
1. It's a pretty informative piece in the Times, but I wish they'd mentioned the Senate committees involved.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:45 PM
Jan 14

cliffside

(659 posts)
2. Excellent point ... looked at C-Span for tomorrow, this is not a complete list ...
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 10:06 PM
Jan 14

U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi Testifies at Confirmation Hearing

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a confirmation hearing for former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R, 2011-19) to serve as U.S. Attorney General

https://www.c-span.org/event/senate-committee/us-attorney-general-nominee-pam-bondi-testifies-at-confirmation-hearing/430145


Secretary of State Nominee Marco Rubio Testifies at Confirmation Hearing

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his nomination to serve as Secretary of State in the Trump administration.

https://www.c-span.org/event/senate-committee/secretary-of-state-nominee-marco-rubio-testifies-at-confirmation-hearing/429986



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