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cliffside

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Tue Jan 14, 2025, 10:26 PM Jan 2025

Senate Hearings for Trump's Cabinet Picks Have Begun. Here's the Schedule.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/us/politics/trump-cabinet-senate-hearings-schedule.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU4.CAId.44v_yAOqw1xq&smid=url-share

"Selections for attorney general, secretary of homeland security, secretary of state and Treasury secretary are among those set to have hearings this week.

The Senate has scheduled hearings for a dozen of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for some of the most significant positions in his new government.

Many of these candidates have previously visited Capitol Hill for meetings with individual senators whose support they may need in the final confirmation vote. Now they will appear before Senate committees that oversee the agencies that they have been selected to lead.

Here’s the schedule for this week: ..."

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Senate Hearings for Trump's Cabinet Picks Have Begun. Here's the Schedule. (Original Post) cliffside Jan 2025 OP
It's a pretty informative piece in the Times, but I wish they'd mentioned the Senate committees involved. Drum Jan 2025 #1
Excellent point ... looked at C-Span for tomorrow, this is not a complete list ... cliffside Jan 2025 #2
Thank you for the additional info! Drum Jan 2025 #3
You're welcome, we all try and fill in the gaps as best we can ... cliffside Jan 2025 #4

Drum

(10,767 posts)
1. It's a pretty informative piece in the Times, but I wish they'd mentioned the Senate committees involved.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 10:45 PM
Jan 2025

cliffside

(1,779 posts)
2. Excellent point ... looked at C-Span for tomorrow, this is not a complete list ...
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 11:06 PM
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