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Tender Branson
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« on: January 10, 2021, 12:46:28 AM »
Who will be the easiest to be confirmed ?

Who will have the toughest road ahead ?

I guess hearings will start after WarnOff get sworn in as new GA Senators late next week or around the time Biden/Harris are sworn in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Joe_Biden
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2021, 12:50:04 AM »
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2021, 11:40:43 AM »
Please sticky.

All Cabinet members have now been announced by Biden (today: CIA director).
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2021, 12:40:18 PM »
Quote from: Orwell on January 11, 2021, 12:31:46 PM
I know someone who has spent a bit of time under Austin’s command. Austin’s favorite thing to do in the Army was lead a division. That’s all I have to add.

Do you think he’s a warmonger ?
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2021, 01:21:46 PM »
Confirmation hearing for Biden Treasury pick Yellen expected next Tuesday

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The Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing for Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury secretary, next Tuesday, a Senate source told The Hill.

The planned hearing date is one day before Biden's inauguration.

If confirmed, Yellen is expected to play a key role in the new administration's response to the coronavirus-related economic downturn. Yellen, a former chair of the Federal Reserve, would also be the first woman to serve as Treasury secretary.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/533826-confirmation-hearing-for-biden-treasury-pick-yellen-expected-jan-19
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2021, 11:20:50 AM »
Harris will resign her Senate seat tomorrow and swear in Warnoff and Padilla on Wednesday.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2021, 11:26:21 AM »
Quote from: Bootes Void on January 17, 2021, 11:24:37 AM
Quote from: Tender Branson on January 17, 2021, 11:20:50 AM
Harris will resign her Senate seat tomorrow and swear in Warnoff and Padilla on Wednesday.
Not Pence on the 19th? Anyways you forgot Ossoff as well

No, I didn’t forget him.

And yes, it is confirmed that all 3 Senators want to be sworn in by Harris and not by Pence.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2021, 01:29:46 PM »
Quote from: ηєω ƒяσηтιєя on January 22, 2021, 01:48:00 AM
ICYMI:



Question:

Is Harris supposed to swear in every cabinet member that got confirmed by the Senate ?
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2021, 01:40:45 PM »
Lloyd Austin sworn in as nation's first Black Pentagon chief

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Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin was sworn in as secretary of Defense on Friday, becoming the first Black head of the Pentagon in U.S. history.

After he was sworn in by Tom Muir, acting director of Washington Headquarters Services, Austin jumped into his duties with an intelligence briefing and meetings with Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, according to a Pentagon statement.

Austin also had plans to chair a COVID-19 briefing, attended by the Norquist, Milley, service secretaries and chiefs, combatant commanders, staff and Pentagon COVID-19 Coordinator Max Rose.

The Senate earlier on Friday confirmed Austin in a 93-2 vote, giving Biden his second Cabinet member two days after his inauguration. Avril Haines was confirmed as director of national intelligence on Wednesday.

The only votes against Austin's confirmation came from GOP Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Mike Lee (Utah).

"It’s an honor and a privilege to serve as our country’s 28th Secretary of Defense, and I’m especially proud to be the first African American to hold the position," Austin tweeted after he was confirmed. "Let’s get to work."

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/535426-austin-sworn-in-as-nations-first-black-pentagon-chief
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2021, 05:37:44 PM »
https://www.diepresse.com/5926629/senat-bestatigt-ersten-minister-ab-montag-geht-es-um-trumps-impeachment

https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/welt/2089818-Lloyd-Austin-als-US-Verteidigungsminister-bestaetigt.html

https://orf.at/stories/3198549
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2021, 01:04:22 PM »
Mostly ceremonial because he was already sworn into office by some Dept. of Defense dude on Friday, but still:
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2021, 01:06:40 PM »
Quote from: AndyHogan14 on January 23, 2021, 01:44:45 PM
So, on the Senate website, this is what I am seeing for the upcoming week:

Monday, January 25
Yellen (Treasury); full Senate vote

Tuesday, January 26
Raimondo (Commerce)
Mayorkas (DHS)

Wednesday, January 27
Granholm (Energy)
Thomas-Greenfield (UN Ambassador)
McDonough (VA)

Thursday, January 28
Fudge (HUD)
Rouse (Council of Economic Advisors Chair)

It also seems like Blinken will probably be confirmed Tuesday or Wednesday. The Foreign Relations committee is meeting on Tuesday...

Energy and UN ambassador are more urgent than Health ?

The Senate seems to have strange priorities ...
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2021, 04:51:29 PM »

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Tender Branson
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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2021, 01:47:10 PM »
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2021, 05:03:56 AM »
So, Becerca (Health) is among the last to be confirmed, during a pandemic situation ?

How stupid are the Senators of the US ?
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2021, 01:33:35 PM »
Quote from: brucejoel99 on January 30, 2021, 01:01:44 PM
Quote from: MaxQue on January 30, 2021, 11:11:13 AM
Quote from: Tender Branson on January 30, 2021, 05:03:56 AM
So, Becerca (Health) is among the last to be confirmed, during a pandemic situation ?

How stupid are the Senators of the US ?

The Health committee was chaired by Lamar Alexander, who retired, so it cannot meet until the organizing resolution passes.

Already told Tender this, so he either didn't listen or didn't care about the answer.

I think I didn't see your post ...
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2021, 01:35:14 PM »
I noticed that Biden nominated a lot of women as Deputy Ministers in the cabinet.

So, if male ministers are stepping down at some point later on in the term, these women deputies would probably take over and the cabinet would become even at 13-13, or even majority-women.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2021, 12:17:45 PM »
ButtiPete was just confirmed by the Senate as Minister for Transportation !
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2021, 12:24:04 PM »

Still in progress, currently it’s 68-7 in his favour.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2021, 12:29:55 PM »
78-12 Yes/No for ButtiPete.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2021, 12:30:58 PM »
Amy Klobuchar just voted for Pete.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2021, 12:40:48 PM »
86-13 Yes/No for ButtiPete.

Don’t know who’s missing ...
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #22 on: February 02, 2021, 12:50:06 PM »
If that 100th Senator were to vote yes, ButtiPete would be confirmed by a 74 margin, the same as Avril Haines and 2nd after Lloyd Austin.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2021, 12:02:05 PM »


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Tender Branson
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« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2021, 12:20:35 PM »
Is this fu**ing confirmation process finally going to be jumpstarted this week ?

How slow are they please ?

I demand at least 5 confirmations this week.
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