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

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

https://mobile.twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1358932142663888898

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

https://mobile.twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1358932142663888898

This came out of nowhere. The first female Deputy SecDef. Congrats to Kathleen Hicks!

[Torrain]

Veterans Secretary vote by state - Denis McDonough
2 Yes votes
1 Yes, 1 Nay/not-voting
2 Nay/not-voting

[BudgieForce]

Watching Tanden's confirmation hearing and I'd be shocked if she isn't a 50/50 vote with Harris breaking the tie. Republicans are ironically pissed about her tweets.

[American2020]

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1359165038683111429

[Bootes Void]

Tanden is probably a 50-50 at this point I would bet.

[American2020]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1359164431821918213

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1359165038683111429

We get it Glenn, you wanna call Bernie a cuck. Cope harder & cry more.

[AndyHogan14]

UPDATED SCHEDULE:
February 10
9:15am • Tanden (Hearing; Budget)

February 11
10:00am • Walsh/Cardona (Committee Vote; HELP)

February 22
TBA • Garland (Hearing; Judiciary • Day 1)

February 23
TBA • Garland (Hearing; Judiciary • Day 2)

March 1
TBA • Garland (Committee Vote; Judiciary)

Regan was advanced out of committee today by a 14-6 vote. Based on commentary online (and here), it is looking like Tanden will end up being exceptionally close with a possible 50-50 vote +Harris. She will have another hearing tomorrow with the Budget Committee (interesting because Sanders is the chair). Also, on Thursday both Walsh and Cardona will end up being advanced out of the HELP committee.

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Confirmed
Blinken, Yellen, Austin, Buttigieg, McDonough, Mayorkas, Haines

Awaiting Full Senate Vote
Vilsack (TBA), Raimondo (TBA), Fudge (TBA), Granholm (TBA), Thomas-Greenfield (TBA), Rouse (TBA), Regan (TBA)

Awaiting Committee Vote
Walsh (2/11), Cardona (2/11), Garland (3/1), Guzman (TBA), Tanden (TBA; HSGAC)

Awaiting Committee Hearing
Tanden (2/10), Garland (2/22-23)

Committee Hearings Not Yet Scheduled
Haaland, Becerra, Tai, Lander

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

Durbin really needs to get the lead out on scheduling a hearing for Garland, sheesh.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Durbin really needs to get the lead out on scheduling a hearing for Garland, sheesh.

And Becerra!

[Tartarus Sauce]

I’m baffled by the order these confirmations came up in. Shouldn’t your AG pick be one of the first confirmed? And wouldn’t it have been more prudent to confirm your HHS pick early in the midst of a pandemic?

[Erebus9]

Rachel Levine has the hardest road to be confirmed, with the rumors of her mishandling of the Coronavirus in Pennsylvania as well as her being a transgendered individual, it will be a challenge to get the senate to agree upon it.

[libertpaulian]

Rachel Levine has the hardest road to be confirmed, with the rumors of her mishandling of the Coronavirus in Pennsylvania as well as her being a transgendered individual, it will be a challenge to get the senate to agree upon it.

Think any of the Senators will misgender Ms. Levine in the hearing?

[Erebus9]

Deadass they will

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1359300611049738247

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https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1359300611049738247

That's way too far away. What is Dick Durbin doing?

[AndyHogan14]

UPDATED SCHEDULE:
February 10
9:15am • Tanden (Hearing; Budget)

February 11
10:00am • Walsh/Cardona (Committee Vote; HELP)

February 22
TBA • Garland (Hearing; Judiciary • Day 1)

February 23
TBA • Garland (Hearing; Judiciary • Day 2)

March 1
TBA • Garland (Committee Vote; Judiciary)

Regan was advanced out of committee today by a 14-6 vote. Based on commentary online (and here), it is looking like Tanden will end up being exceptionally close with a possible 50-50 vote +Harris. She will have another hearing tomorrow with the Budget Committee (interesting because Sanders is the chair). Also, on Thursday both Walsh and Cardona will end up being advanced out of the HELP committee.

***

Confirmed
Blinken, Yellen, Austin, Buttigieg, McDonough, Mayorkas, Haines

Awaiting Full Senate Vote
Vilsack (TBA), Raimondo (TBA), Fudge (TBA), Granholm (TBA), Thomas-Greenfield (TBA), Rouse (TBA), Regan (TBA)

Awaiting Committee Vote
Walsh (2/11), Cardona (2/11), Garland (3/1), Guzman (TBA), Tanden (TBA; HSGAC)

Awaiting Committee Hearing
Tanden (2/10), Garland (2/22-23)

Committee Hearings Not Yet Scheduled
Haaland, Becerra, Tai, Lander

https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1359332608715476993?s=20

Nothing is on the Senate website, but I assume that it will be there soon.

[Nyvin]

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1359300611049738247

Wtf?  March 1st?   That's way too late,  Jeff Sessions was sworn in on Feb 9th for pete sakes!

That's not even for the floor vote either,  UGH!

[lfromnj]

Instead of calling out Tanden for spreading Russian hackers conspiracy theories, the brilliant senate GOP is going after her for placing "Mean tweets"

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah, this timetable is absolutely ludicrous. I understand they've decided to focus on stimulus, and there's obviously the impeachment trial to deal with, but a President can't spend a month without a cabinet to enact his policies.

Can't Biden just use vacancy appointments to fill these positions temporarily? His predecessor sure got a lot of mileage out of that.

[brucejoel99]

Can't Biden just use vacancy appointments to fill these positions temporarily? His predecessor sure got a lot of mileage out of that.

Yeah, that's what he's been doing while awaiting confirmations. The acting A.G. right now is a career official, for instance.

[LtNOWIS]

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1359300611049738247

That's way too far away. What is Dick Durbin doing?

From a "judicial wars" perspective, Garland is the most important person. The DoJ will be fine with a career official in charge for a bit, (currently Deputy Assistant AG for Human Resources Monty Wilkinson). But in terms of shaping the SCOTUS, Garland becoming AG opens up another Circuit Court vacancy, on the critically important DC Circuit. In addition to being important in their own rights, the Circuit Courts are a key place to cultivate SCOTUS picks. And of course, a SCOTUS justice could die at any moment, so it really matters that Biden can fill the Garland vacancy and the other 4 circuit court vacancies as quickly as possible.

So yeah, I don't know why Senate Dems are taking so long. They just seem way worse at handling judges than Mitch McConnell.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1359548398257455107

[GALeftist]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1359548398257455107

Tanden backstabbing the poster class hard rn, very sad to see.