Senate confirms big slate of Biden ambassadors to end 2021

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed more than 30 ambassadors and other Biden administration nominees early Saturday after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to schedule a vote on sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany.

With many senators anxious to go home for the holidays, Schumer, D-N.Y., threatened to keep the Senate in for as long as it took to break a logjam on a broad array of diplomatic and national security nominees.

Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago, was confirmed to serve as ambassador to Japan by a vote of 48-21. Nominees to be ambassadors to Spain, Vietnam and Somalia were among those confirmed by voice vote soon afterward. The votes came after an agreement was reached to hold a vote concerning Nord Stream 2 sanctions before Jan. 14.

The confirmation process has proved to be frustrating for new presidential administrations regardless of party. While gridlock isn’t new, the struggle to staff administrations is getting worse.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-confirms-big-slate-of-biden-ambassadors-to-end-2021/ar-AARWpFO

They need to tie up Cancun Cruz in the coat closet.

[left-of-center2012]

1. Put Cruz in the freezer

It will remind him of what Texas was like when he was in Cancun.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Rahm Emanuel is a terrible pick for ambassador to anywhere. Shameful he was nominated, and shameful

he was confirmed.

Link to tweet

[marybourg]

3. He was making fun of stereotypes, not expressing a

belief in them, as I’m pretty sure is clear to almost everyone.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Asking someone if they're up for adoption is making fun of a stereotype? What the actual fuck?

[marybourg]

5. He asked, jokingly and with a smile on his face, if he could adopt her

because she was so apparently cute, smart, and clearly has a bright future.

[NurseJackie]

6. Thank you.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. He did indeed. And it's inappropriate.

[msfiddlestix]

8. Confusing, headline vs actual content

Senate confirms big slate. If the three or four mentioned in the excerpt is the total confirmed (?) I would consider a greatly exaggerated claim of "big slate".

And what has become of Ambassador to Germany nomination? Was that appointment included?

I'm understanding there are many others still waiting confirmation.