Biden hampered by lack of confirmations

[DonViejo]

BY BRETT SAMUELS - 03/21/21 07:00 AM EDT

President Biden is facing a convergence of challenges without a full complement of agency leaders who would typically oversee efforts on the ground to address them.

The administration is searching for solutions to the growing border crisis, but the president has yet to nominate officials to lead Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — three key components of the immigration system.

Biden’s trip to Georgia on Friday after a gunman killed eight people, most of whom were Asian, came amid the absence of a nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), which typically assists with investigating such incidents.

And the president has yet to announce his pick for commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency that plays a critical role in determining the safety of vaccines and drugs to treat COVID-19.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544104-biden-hampered-by-lack-of-confirmations

[snowybirdie]

1. Gee why

hasn't Biden resolved all the problems caused by 4 years of the other guy's administration in 60 days? Goll darn it!!!!!

[ananda]

2. I know!

Give him time.

[Klaralven]

10. "the president has yet to nominate"

Since immigration is a critical issue facing the administration, you'd think the transition team would have nailed down nominees for these positions.

[dlk]

3. It's all part of the Republican agenda to obstruct as much as possible

They stopped believing in democracy ages ago.

[Arazi]

6. He hasn't even nominated people yet for those positions

He's got a lot on his plate. I get that but the confirmation process isn't the problem here.

Joe needs to move on getting folks up into position to get approved 😬

[dlk]

8. Republicans are still obstructing every way they can

Marty Walsh has yet to be confirmed for the Department of Labor. Eric Lander has yet to be confirmed as Presidential Science Advisor...

[Arazi]

11. Agree. But Biden is also lagging on nominating

To be clear, he's been handed a massive shit sandwich.

And his transition team was monstrously blocked which prohibited his folks evaluating the status of every agency and nominating the best people (for ex recognizing the EPA needs a science wonk, while TSA needs a diplomat, and Transportation needs a "details person" and not an "ideas person" etc etc etc)

I understand tho, that Rs are going to obstruct.

[dlk]

14. Every time they can

[maxrandb]

4. Wow MSM! If the past 60 days are Biden "hampered"

I can't wait until he "releases the Kracken".

That "liberal" media sure likes to portray Democrats as feckless, weak and powerless, don't they?

[Greybnk48]

5. IF Republicans ever win another election, they should be blocked from

seating any cabinet positions for 3 to 6 months AFTER the inauguration, like Moscow Mitch has done. We can call it "McConnelling."

[winstars]

7. Mitch is SCUM but ya gotta nominate people first for Mitch to then block them.

[uponit7771]

12. if they do will they give up power peacefully if they lose years afterwards? No, they've already ...

... shown us the will openly cheat and at least sympathize with those who want to keep power via violence .

If we don't pass HR1 I don't see a union of states the way the constitution defined it, we'll see Belarus.

[Demsrule86]

9. Shit stirring by the Hill...Biden has been remarkably good at getting confirmations.

[uponit7771]

13. +1, .... they don't state a relative amount of confirmations in the article.