Sentences with phrase «cabinet nominees in»

DeVos was among President Donald Trump's more controversial cabinet nominees in part because of her strong support for school choice alternatives, including voucher programs.

Democratic U.S. senators plan to aggressively target eight of Trump's Cabinet nominees in the coming weeks and are pushing to stretch their confirmation votes into March — an unprecedented break with Senate tradition.

Democratic U.S. senators plan to aggressively target eight of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees in the coming weeks and are pushing to stretch their confirmation votes into March — an unprecedented break with Senate tradition.

It's looking like she may be their first cabinet nominee in history to have her vote decided by the Vice President with the Senate evenly split.

Not exact matches

CBS speculated before Trump was even sworn in that Franken's profile was rising following the 2016 election for taking on the incoming president's Cabinet nominees.

President - elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.

Just like a thorough vetting of cabinet nominees could have foreseen the scandals that later emerged, a thorough vetting and review process for the monster tax cut legislation would have cautioned against such radical moves in the face of massive maturing supply, a trimming Fed, and a debt - strapped consumer that is seeing higher interest rates on mortgages and credit cards as a result of the spike in rates.

April 29, 2010: Premier Stelmach announced that Alberta will not hold a new round of Senate nominee elections, and will instead extend the terms for the province's three senators - in - waiting through a cabinet decree.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Western New York Congressman Chris Collins (R - Clarence) was criticized by Democrats in the Senate Wednesday, accusing him of being part of a questionable stock deal with a cabinet nominee.

In May 1998, the then Chairman of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, former Conservative Cabinet Minister Lord Pym, told a House of Commons Select Committee that the committee considered a political donation a point in a nominee's favour as it indicated involvement in public life, and that the nominee had «put their money where his mouth is»In May 1998, the then Chairman of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, former Conservative Cabinet Minister Lord Pym, told a House of Commons Select Committee that the committee considered a political donation a point in a nominee's favour as it indicated involvement in public life, and that the nominee had «put their money where his mouth is»in a nominee's favour as it indicated involvement in public life, and that the nominee had «put their money where his mouth is»in public life, and that the nominee had «put their money where his mouth is».

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who endeared herself to liberals by voting against the bulk of Trump's Cabinet nominees, seemingly took herself out of presidential contention in February by declaring the governor would make «a great candidate» for the party.

Two Republican senators announced they would oppose Trump's choice for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, marking the first GOP defections on a cabinet nominee, placing her confirmation in jeopardy and underscoring the warfare breaking out across Capitol Hill.

Hearings for four more of Trump's cabinet nominees are scheduled to take place today — including Secretary of State - in - waiting Rex Tillerson.

As nine of his cabinet picks head to Capitol Hill this week to kickoff a series of Senate confirmation hearings, Trump says he thinks the nominees are «going to do very well» in the grueling question - and - answer sessions.

By Howie Hawkins and Steve Breyman http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/whats-wrong-cuomos-energy-plan (Mr. Hawkins serves as Full Employment Council, Vice Chair in the Economy Branch of the Green Shadow Cabinet and is the Green nominee for Governor of New York.

Reid has proposed eliminating is solely with respect to Presidential nominees to his cabinet positions so that the GOP / Teatrolls can't just essentially nullify existing laws by preventing entire agencies from running in the manner their enabling statutes mandate.

Schumer said in a statement Saturday that the letter «makes crystal clear that the transition team's collusion with Senate Republicans to jam through these cabinet nominees before they've been thoroughly vetted is unprecedented.»

in the House lines up with his fellow cabinet nominees Pompeo and Sessions.

While the record was expected, the joint announcement by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration came in the midst of Senate confirmation hearings for President - elect Trump's cabinet nominees, several of whom have expressed doubts about established climate science, as has Trump himself.

The Education of Betsy DeVos (Politico) Quotes Martin West: «It's ironic that she emerged as the Cabinet nominee to draw the strongest and most visceral opposition, given the constraints on the ability of any secretary of education to effect dramatic change in American education.

«The president - elect, in his selection of Betsy DeVos, has chosen the most ideological, anti-public education nominee put forward since President Carter created a Cabinet - level Department of Education.

DeVos, a billionaire who advocates for private - school vouchers and has no professional experience in public education, has been one of President Trump's most controversial Cabinet nominees.

She even lost the support of a few Republicans, so that her confirmation on Feb. 7 was secured only after Vice President Pence, as presiding officer of the Senate, cast the first tiebreaking vote in U.S. history to confirm a Cabinet nominee.

«No other Trump cabinet nominee garnered the level of public opposition as Betsy DeVos and no other time in our nation's history has a Vice President of the United States stepped in to cast the deciding vote on a nomination.

So we have yet one more example of a cabinet nominee who will not be working in the interests of «average» Americans.

«Contrary to the progressive hysteria, the fact that President Trump's Cabinet nominees take a skeptical stance toward what science knows and how to apply it is probably the best reason to have some confidence in them.»

In his public statement on Miers» withdrawal, Bush indicated that the last straw in the immediate, comprehensive debate over the qualifications of this nominee, was the invasion of the presidential file cabineIn his public statement on Miers» withdrawal, Bush indicated that the last straw in the immediate, comprehensive debate over the qualifications of this nominee, was the invasion of the presidential file cabinein the immediate, comprehensive debate over the qualifications of this nominee, was the invasion of the presidential file cabinet:

A local law firm asked at least five Obama cabinet nominees to attend a brunch in their honor.