Sentences with phrase «cabinet nominations»
"Cabinet nominations" refers to the process of selecting individuals to fill important positions in the government known as the cabinet. The cabinet is a group of high-ranking officials who advise and support the president or prime minister in making important decisions and running the country. Nominations involve choosing qualified individuals to take up these roles, based on their experience, skills, and ability to contribute to the government's goals and policies. Full definition
Valery Galasso was a special adviser for cabinet nominations for Clinton's 2016 transition team.
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Republicans also advanced two other cabinet nominations — Steve Mnuchin as Treasury secretary and Georgia Rep. Tom Price for secretary of Health and Human Services — suspending quorum rules that require a member of the minority party to participate in confirmation votes.
When Donald Trump makes his final cabinet nomination, it will be hard to pick out which of the bold selections is most golden.
Because of the way Tillerson's compensation is being dispensed, he will give up about $ 7 million compared with what he would have been paid if he retired in March as planned before Trump announced his cabinet nomination.
(As an aside, the week ended with a Cabinet nomination collapsing when it was alleged that, among other things, the nominee, a chief White House doctor nicknamed «the Candyman,» had handed out prescription drugs with abandon, including, on at least one occasion, an alarmingly large supply of Percocet.)
Gillibrand insisted in the interview on Tuesday she is not interested in a White House bid, even as she rises to a new level of prominence in the Senate by opposing nearly all of President Donald Trump's cabinet nominations.
Buffalo protesters urged Sen. Chuck Schumer to vote against President Trump's cabinet nominations — part of a larger wave of demonstrations against the senior senator's voting for administration appointees.
Senators in the Finance Committee were supposed to vote today on two cabinet nominations that Democrats aren't huge fans of.
New York City's Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, demonstrating last month against one of President Trump's cabinet nominations.
The ad released on Thursday pushing Donovan is from the 45Committee, a conservative 501 (c)(4) group that conducted a media campaign in support of Trump's cabinet nominations, including Tom Price and Jeff Sessions at Health and Human Services and at the Department of Justice.
nationwide event asking Senate members to block the cabinet nominations of President Donald Trump.
«His overall record and the backdrop of cabinet nominations with close ties to the fossil fuel industry cause us grave concern.»
The vote marked the first time in history that a vice president was «summoned to the Capitol to break a tie on a cabinet nomination,» according to the New York Times.
As with many of the President's cabinet nominations, DeVos has repeatedly disparaged the agency (and the institution) she has been elevated to lead.
After a 50 - 50 vote, Vice President Mike Pence cast his tie - breaking vote which was the first time in history the VP needed to step in to break a tie during a cabinet nomination.
Congress has more important work to do — such as investigating Russia's involvement in influencing the results of the November election and considering Trump's cabinet nominations — but members are intent on instead wasting their time on yet another Planned Parenthood witch hunt.