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

[Horus]

Manchin certainly knows how to pick his battles, you listening Kyrsten?

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Doesn't really make up for Tanden but at least Manchin is behaving himself today.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Doesn't really make up for Tanden but at least Manchin is behaving himself today.

Haaland >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tanden

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Manchin certainly knows how to pick his battles, you listening Kyrsten?

Err...this is the same Joe Manchin throwing a fit about raising the minimum wage

[AndyHogan14]

Voting has begun to invoke cloture on Granholm's nomination.

[AndyHogan14]

Motion to limit debate (cloture) for the Granholm is agreed to, 67-32. I'm assuming Schumer will schedule a cloture vote for Cardona and a final vote for Granholm soon...

EDIT: Earlier today, Schumer filed cloture for Raimondo and Rouse. They will be next, after Granholm and Cardona.

[Yoda]

Doesn't really make up for Tanden but at least Manchin is behaving himself today.

Haaland >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tanden

I agree strongly with this, but the double standard being applied to Tanden after all the vicious partisan hacks we saw confirmed during the trump years still grates my last nerve.

[AndyHogan14]

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1364714399634710531?s=20

[AndyHogan14]

UPDATED SCHEDULE:
February 25
10:00am • Tai (Hearing; Finance)
12:05pm • Granholm (Senate Vote)
1:30pm • Cardona (Cloture)

February 26
Possible/Expected Votes (not confirmed):
TBA • Cardona (Senate Vote)
TBA • Raimondo (Cloture)
TBA • Rouse (Cloture)

March 1
TBA • Garland (Committee Vote; Judiciary)
Possible/Expected Votes (not confirmed):
TBA • Raimondo (Senate Vote)
TBA • Rouse (Senate Vote)

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Non-Cabinet-Level
Murthy/Levine (HELP Hearing, 2/25 at 10am)
Gensler/Chopra (Banking Hearing, 3/2 at 10am)
Mallory/McCabe (Environment Hearing, 3/3 at 10am)
Trottenberg (Commerce Hearing, 3/3 at 10am)
Young (Budget Hearing, 3/3 at 11am)

***

Confirmed
Blinken, Yellen, Austin, Vilsack, Buttigieg, McDonough, Mayorkas, Haines, Thomas-Greenfield

Awaiting Full Senate Vote
Granholm (2/25), Cardona (2/25; Cloture • Final; 2/26), Raimondo (TBA • Cloture; 2/26 • Final; 3/1), Fudge (TBA), Walsh (TBA), Cardona (TBA), Rouse (TBA • Cloture; 2/26 • Final; 3/1), Regan (TBA), Guzman (TBA)

Awaiting Committee Vote
Garland (3/1), Haaland (TBA), Becerra (TBA; HELP), Becerra (TBA; Finance), Tanden (TBA; HSGAC), Tanden (TBA; Budget)

Awaiting Committee Hearing
Tai (2/25)

Committee Hearings Not Yet Scheduled
Lander

***

Cloture was invoked today for Granholm (67-32) and she will get her final Senate vote tomorrow followed by the cloture vote for Cardona. It seems likely that Cardona will be confirmed on Friday. Today, Schumer also filed cloture for Raimondo and Rouse today meaning we could see cloture votes for them on Friday with final votes on Monday. Isabel Guzman was also reported out of committee today with a 15-5 vote. As far as Tanden is concerned, I am surprised that she hasn't been pulled yet...perhaps there is a GOP vote out there for her but I doubt it. We will see...

NOTE: It seems like there is a pattern here and I have added in my best guesses for some of the full Senate cloture/final votes. They are in italics.

[free my dawg]

https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1364697997574082568

MEAN TWEETS  AREN'T  DISQUALIFYING  EXCEPT  WHEN  THEY'RE  TARGETING  ME

[Antonio the Sixth]

https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1364697997574082568

MEAN TWEETS  AREN'T  DISQUALIFYING  EXCEPT  WHEN  THEY'RE  TARGETING  ME

BUT MUH TOXIC BERNIE BROS

[emailking]

I agree they should stick by her. Force the Republicans & Manchin to vote her down.

[GALeftist]

https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1364697997574082568

MEAN TWEETS  AREN'T  DISQUALIFYING  EXCEPT  WHEN  THEY'RE  TARGETING  ME

Do you guys hear that weird hissing sound

[Sir Mohamed]

GOPers complaining about Tanden's Tweets finally try to Be Best.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I agree they should stick by her. Force the Republicans & Manchin to vote her down.

Agreed. Has the added effect of giving us a recent ironclad case to point to of Manchin voting against the party line in a meaningful way and makes his persistent disloyalty clearer than ever.

[AndyHogan14]

Voting has begun on the Granholm nomination.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

I agree they should stick by her. Force the Republicans & Manchin to vote her down.

Agreed. Has the added effect of giving us a recent ironclad case to point to of Manchin voting against the party line in a meaningful way and makes his persistent disloyalty clearer than ever.

You're both really overestimating the extent to which your typical Democratic-partisan-on-the-street cares about the Office of Management and Budget.

[Zaybay]

I agree they should stick by her. Force the Republicans & Manchin to vote her down.

Agreed. Has the added effect of giving us a recent ironclad case to point to of Manchin voting against the party line in a meaningful way and makes his persistent disloyalty clearer than ever.

Really showing how little you know about politics, huh?

[Tender Branson]

Granholm was confirmed.

[South Dakota Democrat]

Granholm was confirmed.

64-35

[BudgieForce]

Do I dare ask how Rachel Levine's nomination is going?

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I agree they should stick by her. Force the Republicans & Manchin to vote her down.

Agreed. Has the added effect of giving us a recent ironclad case to point to of Manchin voting against the party line in a meaningful way and makes his persistent disloyalty clearer than ever.

You're both really overestimating the extent to which your typical Democratic-partisan-on-the-street cares about the Office of Management and Budget.

Meh, I mainly just want this forum to shut up about their theory of Manchin being this amazing strategist who carefully plans every move to ensure he never truly denies Schumer anything. 

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Do I dare ask how Rachel Levine's nomination is going?

Paul is really going in on trans children. Haven’t seen anything about how she took her mom out of a nursing home, though.

[AndyHogan14]

Granholm was confirmed 64-35 and voting on the cloture motion for Cardona is going on now.

The GOP AYES for Granholm were:
Burr (R-NC)
Collins (R-ME)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daines (R-MT)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Johnson (R-WI)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Young (R-IN)

The NAYS for Granholm were:
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cruz (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting:
Sullivan (R-AK)

[President Johnson]

Granholm was confirmed 64-35 and voting on the cloture motion for Cardona is going on now.

The GOP AYES for Granholm were:
Burr (R-NC)
Collins (R-ME)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daines (R-MT)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Johnson (R-WI)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Young (R-IN)

The NAYS for Granholm were:
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cruz (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting:
Sullivan (R-AK)

What about Mitch?

Surprised Johnson voted aye, lmao.