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Cabinet appointments:

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How Senate confirmation hearings work:


As most of you have probably seen, senate votes are now taking taking place, both at the committee level, and on the floor.  Outside of the fact that a number of the candidates simply are not qualified for their positions, many of these confirmations are actively undergoing without a full vetting. 

Senate confirmation hearings should work like this: 
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So what now? All of our votes so far, have advanced to the full floor vote. I think it's likely that all will go that route; so that's where we need to try and stop the process. 

Senate confirmation votes: (week of 2/12)

MONDAY:
MNUCHIN VOTE IS 7:30 PM, EST. CALL YOUR REPS!

LIKELY THIS WEEK:​
  • Pruitt (EPA)
  • Zinke (Interior) 
  • Carson (HUD)
  • Perry (Energy)

Background and scripts for:

Click on links to go to individual pages. Please note: not all of Trump's nominees are here, since some - e.g. Kelly - were going to pass. We're concentrating on the ones we have a better shot of stopping. 
☑️ Jeff Sessions (Attorney General)
☑️ Tom Price (Health and Human Services)
☑️ Rex Tillerson (Secretary of State)
☑️ Scott Pruit (EPA)
☑️ Rick Perry (Energy Secretary)
☑️Betsy DeVos (Education)
☑️ Steve Mnuchin (Treasury)
Coming up:
◻️ Ryan Zinke (Interior)
◻️ Wilbur Ross  (Commerce)
◻️ Ben Carson (HUD)
◻️ Linda McMahon (SBA)
◻️ Andrew Puzder (Labor)

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  • Home
  • Past Issues
    • Cabinet nominations >
      • Betsy DeVos (Education)
      • Tom Price (Health and Human Services)
      • Steve Mnuchin (Treasury)
      • Rex Tillerson (Secretary of State)
    • Misc. >
      • Senate confirmation hearings >
        • Wilbur Ross (Commerce)
        • Scott Pruitt (Environmental Protection Agency)
        • Rick Perry: Energy Secretary
        • Mick Mulvaney (OMB)
      • Save Broadband Privacy
      • HR5/ Goodlatte Amendment
      • John Lewis/Inauguration
      • Michael T. Flynn (National Security Advisor)
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