Senate Dems will only allow two Trump nominees to be confirmed on Day One
‘We intend to have a full and rigorous debate on the president-elect’s remaining nominees,’ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
By Seung Min Kim
01/19/17 12:24 PM EST
Updated 01/19/17 02:29 PM EST
Less than 24 hours before Donald Trump is formally sworn in as the 45th president, the Senate plunged into a partisan war over who'll get confirmed for his Cabinet on the first day of his presidency.
Senate Democrats are prepared to allow two of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees to be confirmed on the first day of his presidency — but for them, that’s where the senatorial comity ends.
At the same time, Republicans are broadening their wish list of Day One nominees to other Cabinet hopefuls, including Ben Carson to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Nikki Haley to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The battle over who will get confirmed on Friday may not be defused, aides say, until senators begin processing the nominees later Friday afternoon.
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