for its final hearing. The star witness will be U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. There will be a business meeting after the hearing to consider the final report. Hegseth marches on: His odds of confirmation are looking shaky at best, but Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth...
Following over an hour-long delay prompted by Democrats looking to move the confirmation, Sen. Grassley finally began his opening statement for Kavanaugh's hearing. Protesters disrupt the start of the Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing before the Senate Ju...
Republicans, however, said the nominee’s confirmation shouldn’t be pushed back further. “There’s no reason to delay this more, unless something new comes out of the hearing on Thursday,” said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. “As you can tell, people are coming out of the...
NASA hasn’t announced when Nelson will be formally sworn in, but that is expected to take place by early next week. The Senate, meanwhile, has yet to schedule confirmation hearings for the agency’s other two nominees,Pam Melroy for deputy administratorandMargaret Vo Schaus for chief financia...
Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Monday that it would open a confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, on Oct. 12, making clear that an outbreak of COVID-19 will not interfere with the schedule. Republican Senator Lindsey Gr...
the clowns were ruining the show, with 44 interruptions before the Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley could even get to his opening statement, and those interruptions were just the ones from the Democratic Senators on the committee attempting to get the confirmation hearing delayed. They all ...
Schumer did not respond to requests for comment. "His office will probably say something about not having time because of the confirmation hearings, etc. We say, 'Add a day to the schedule.' It's been done before," Benton said.
Senate Democrats Press McConnell to Schedule Lynch Confirmation Vote (Updated)Updated 1:23 p.m. | Frustrated with the pace of Loretta Lynch'sconfirmation process, Senate...Lesniewski, Niels
At his confirmation hearing, Wheeler doubled down on the EPA’s efforts under Trump to streamline environmental regulations, which in many instances meant dramatically re-writing, challenging and shrinking agency rules put in place under former President Obama. Wheeler in his opening remarks highlighted...
Confirmation Schedule It is not clear at this point when the floor vote will take place. Choi and other leaders hope it will be during the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this May. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer of New York will on...