Biden Cabinet Confirmation Live Thread ***hearings, votes, etc.***

[brucejoel99]

A sentence that comes 5 years too late: "The United States Senate has confirmed Judge Merrick Garland."

[Tender Branson]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

[President Johnson]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

Anyway, LONG overdue.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

Not in Austria it isn't.

[Tender Branson]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

[brucejoel99]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

Ah, so you're just being wrong on-purpose. Thank you for so readily conceding that.

[AndyHogan14]

Garland was also easily confirmed 70-30 with 20 Republican ayes. Everyone voted and there were no Democratic defections. I still wonder what the vote would have been had he come up for a vote for the Supreme Court...

Republican Ayes (20):
Murkowski (AK)
Braun (IN)
Grassley (IA)
Ernst (IA)
Moran (KS)
McConnell (KY)
Cassidy (LA)
Collins (ME)
Blunt (MO)
Burr (NC)
Tillis (NC)
Portman (OH)
Lankford (OK)
Graham (SC)
Thune (SD)
Rounds (SD)
Cornyn (TX)
Romney (UT)
Capito (WV)
Johnson (WI)

Democratic Noes (0):
None

Not Voting (0):
None

[It's Perro Sanxe wot won it]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

Ah, so you're just being wrong on-purpose. Thank you for so readily conceding that.

Still a good pick by Chancellor Biden.

[President Johnson]

Mitch is pretty much a yes on every Biden nominee, even when the majority of his caucus is against. That's really something.

[Tender Branson]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

Ah, so you're just being wrong on-purpose. Thank you for so readily conceding that.

No.

I like to call the office like it is called in most countries: Minister for Justice.

[President Johnson]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

Ah, so you're just being wrong on-purpose. Thank you for so readily conceding that.

No.

I like to call the office like it is called in most countries: Minister for Justice.

Then it's also Prime Minister Merkel and Prime Minister Kurz. Chancellor only exists in Switzerland as a different role and on universities. That's a ridiculous argument.

[AndyHogan14]

Cloture has been invoked for Regan (65-35) and his final Senate vote will come in around two hours. There were 15 Republican ayes, and notably, McConnell voted no despite being a reliable "aye" vote for Biden's nominees.

Republican Ayes (15):
Murkowski (AK)
Braun (IN)
Grassley (IA)
Collins (ME)
Wicker (MS)
Hyde-Smith (MS)
Fischer (NE)
Burr (NC)
Tillis (NC)
Cramer (ND)
Portman (OH)
Graham (SC)
Rounds (SD)
Lee (UT)
Romney (UT)

Democratic Noes (0):
None

Not Voting (0):
None

[Tender Branson]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

Ah, so you're just being wrong on-purpose. Thank you for so readily conceding that.

No.

I like to call the office like it is called in most countries: Minister for Justice.

Then it's also Prime Minister Merkel and Prime Minister Kurz. Chancellor only exists in Switzerland as a different role and on universities. That's a ridiculous argument.

If you want to call Merkel and Kurz Prime Ministers, nobody is stopping you ...

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

Ah, so you're just being wrong on-purpose. Thank you for so readily conceding that.

No.

I like to call the office like it is called in most countries: Minister for Justice.

Then it's also Prime Minister Merkel and Prime Minister Kurz. Chancellor only exists in Switzerland as a different role and on universities. That's a ridiculous argument.

If you want to call Merkel and Kurz Prime Ministers, nobody is stopping you ...

Come to think of it, what's your opinion on how Nationalrat Majority Leader Kurz is governing these days?

[Tender Branson]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

Ah, so you're just being wrong on-purpose. Thank you for so readily conceding that.

No.

I like to call the office like it is called in most countries: Minister for Justice.

Then it's also Prime Minister Merkel and Prime Minister Kurz. Chancellor only exists in Switzerland as a different role and on universities. That's a ridiculous argument.

If you want to call Merkel and Kurz Prime Ministers, nobody is stopping you ...

Come to think of it, what's your opinion on how Nationalrat Majority Leader Kurz is governing these days?

No, the majority leader in the Nationalrat is this guy:

[Bootes Void]

Interesting that Fudge got so many GOP votes given some of her past comments

She might have a bipartisan record in the house or having good relationships across the aisle despite her past comments

[Nyvin]

Was the Senator heading the confirmation of Garland new or something?  She seemed like she needed to be walked through every step and sentence.

[Splash]

https://twitter.com/SenatePPG/status/1369787263887024130

[Splash]

https://twitter.com/SenatePPG/status/1369801534230441988

[AndyHogan14]

Earlier, Regan was confirmed (66-34) with Rubio changing his vote from a no to an aye with everyone else (I believe) staying the same. There were 16 Republican ayes and zero Democratic defectors. Also, tomorrow, the Senate will be voting to discharge the Becerra nomination and to invoke cloture on the Haaland nomination.

Republican Ayes (16):
Murkowski (AK)
Rubio (FL)
Braun (IN)
Grassley (IA)
Collins (ME)
Wicker (MS)
Hyde-Smith (MS)
Fischer (NE)
Burr (NC)
Tillis (NC)
Cramer (ND)
Portman (OH)
Graham (SC)
Rounds (SD)
Lee (UT)
Romney (UT)

Democratic Noes (0):
None

Not Voting (0):
None

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Every Biden nominee so far has received the vote of both of their respective home state U.S. Senators.

[blackentheborg]

Why the  did Mitch vote to confirm Garland for AG when he made it his whole thing that he was never ever gonna confirm him

[AndyHogan14]

Today, while most of the attention was on the House for passing the COVID relief bill, the Senate was also pretty busy with four roll call votes. Fudge and Garland were both confirmed 66-34 and 70-30 respectively. After that, cloture was invoked on the Regan nomination, 65-35, with his final confirmation coming two hours after that, 66-34 (Rubio switched). Tomorrow will not be quite as busy, at noon the full Senate will vote to discharge Becerra from the finance committee (because it was a tie vote in committee) and that will be followed by a vote to invoke cloture on the Haaland nomination at 1:30. I am sure Schumer will file cloture shortly after Becerra is discharged. That means, if the Senate is in session on Friday, they could vote to invoke cloture on Becerra and vote to confirm Haaland at that time. If not, both votes would be pushed back to next week.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Why the  did Mitch vote to confirm Garland for AG when he made it his whole thing that he was never ever gonna confirm him

Probably just to make people like us want to tear our hair out.

[South Dakota Democrat]

Merrick Garland was just confirmed as Justice Minister.

It's called Attorney General.

I know.

But I call the office Justice Minister.

Ah, so you're just being wrong on-purpose. Thank you for so readily conceding that.

No.

I like to call the office like it is called in most countries: Minister for Justice.

We're specifically talking about the context of the United States.  So yes, you're being wrong. And stupid.