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Below is a list of confirmations for or withdrawals from Cabinet positions, Cabinet-level positions, and other significant positions that were approved through the Senate from January 2025 onwards, by a recorded roll-call vote, rather than by a voice vote. Withdrawals are color coded gray.
The Senate battle to confirm President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks will begin in earnest on Tuesday, as his controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, meets the ...
Senate confirmation hearings set to begin this week are likely to reveal a defining trait uniting Donald Trump’s incoming Cabinet, regardless of their diverse political backgrounds and uneven ...
Cabinet confirmation process Office Nominee State Announcement Hearing date Senate committee vote date Senate committee vote Full Senate vote date Confirmation [2] Hearings Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson: TX: December 13, 2016 January 11, 2017 January 23, 2017 11–10 [3] February 1, 2017 56–43 [4] [a] Mike Pompeo: KS: March 13, 2018 April ...
The confirmation process for Trump's Cabinet nominees kicked off Tuesday with a hearing for Pete Hegseth, the nominee for Defense secretary. 'When can he start?': Trump allies bullish on Cabinet ...
The first Cabinet formed by the first president, George Washington, included some of Washington's political opponents, but later presidents adopted the practice of filling their Cabinets with members of the president's party. [1] Appointments across party lines are uncommon.
The Senate confirmed Trump’s Defense Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on the evening of January 20, 2017. The next confirmation didn’t come until January 31, 2017.
As the first confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's new administration are set to start this week, the president-elect announced several new nominees Saturday who share one thing in common: They ...