Biden’s DOJ Picks Stir Controversy on Road to Confirmation
Three women are slated to serve top roles in the Department of Justice. Two of them have already faced conservative backlash.
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Confirmation Hearing
Senate Approves Vilsack for Agriculture Department Again
The Senate voted 92-7 Tuesday to confirm Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary, his second run at the Cabinet post.
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Justice Department Politicization a Focus of Garland Confirmation Hearing
The judge’s frustrated 2016 nomination to the Supreme Court was hardly a blip on the radar for the Senate committee now in Democratic hands.
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Merrick Garland Returns to Senate Judiciary Committee
There are no Supreme Court vacancies but Judge Merrick Garland on Monday will finally get the confirmation hearing he was denied four years when the Senate was in Republican hands.
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Biden Cabinet Nominees at Energy, UN on Track for Approval
It is a bonanza of confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s Cabinet, including hearings vetting his pick to lead the Energy Department.
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New Secretary of State Has Been Here Before
Antony Blinken will enter his fourth White House administration under President Joe Biden, having previously served every previous commander in chief but Trump in some capacity since 1994.
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‘Mayor Pete’ Poised for Promotion to Transportation Secretary
The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, could soon lead the beleaguered Department of Transportation as it faces challenges from a changing climate and a still-raging pandemic.
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Senate Confirms Avril Haines as First Female Director of National Intelligence
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, in an 84-10 vote on Wednesday evening.
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Biden’s Incoming Cabinet Picks Face Senate Scrutiny
The diverse range of candidates will undergo a series of confirmation hearings that kick off just 24 hours before the White House changes hands.
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Senate Approves Trump’s Pick for California Federal Judge
Senators teed up the confirmation of Fernando Lazaro Allene-Rocha for a seat on the Central District of California bench Friday, by formally considering his nomination on the floor.
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Trio Vying to Flesh Out Scraggly Election Commission Round Senate Bases
The Federal Election Commission could finally be on track to functionality as nominees for the agency tasked with rooting out campaign-finance fraud concluded a long-awaited confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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GOP Confirms Barrett to Supreme Court
With the Republican Senate marshaled behind her, Amy Coney joined the Supreme Court on Monday.
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Graham Rolls Past Tradition and Sets Confirmation Vote on Barrett
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham steamrolled precedent Thursday and set a vote for Oct. 22 on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to sit on the Supreme Court.
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In Day 3 at Senate, Barrett Won’t Say If Trump Can Pardon Himself
Picking back up with Amy Coney Barrett on the heels of an 11-hour day of questioning, senators confronted the Supreme Court nominee on Wednesday about hot-button issues like abortion, health care, voting rights and the power of the presidency.
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Barrett Volleys Fire on Health Care Law as Democrats Highlight Pandemic Threat
Democrats drilling Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett buckled down Tuesday on their warnings that Republicans are commandeering the high court to overturn the landmark health care legislation that protects those with preexisting conditions, among them the 7 million Americans who contracted Covid-19 this year.
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Barrett Confirmation Hearing Powers Up Under Shadow of Virus Outbreak
President Donald Trump opted out of this week’s presidential debate, calling the virtual format a “waste of time,” but the Senate’s fervid work to confirm his Supreme Court pick, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pushed forward Monday in a partially virtual hearing.
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Inside Track: What to Look Out for as Barrett Nomination Reaches Senate
Confirmation hearings for the judge nominated and all but certain to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, will kick off Monday.
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E-Cig Companies Say Invalid Appointment Moots FDA Rule
Vaping manufacturers and retailers pointed to what they called the government’s “whack-a-mole approach to the Appointments Clause” Wednesday in a D.C. Circuit appeal over e-cigarette regulation.
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Trump High Court Candidate All but Assured With Romney Aligned on Vote
Mitt Romney, the only Republican to convict President Donald Trump at the Senate’s impeachment trial this year, said Tuesday he will consider the president’s next U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
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Senate Panel Advances Four Picks for Illinois Federal Judgeships
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved six of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees on Thursday, including four who are up for seats on courts in Illinois.
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