Many of President Trump’s picks have been confirmed, but some of the most controversial ones have yet to see a Senate vote.
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PresidentDonaldTrumpisgettingwhathewants.
Specifically,whohewantstoserveinhisadministration.
ThenominationofformerRep.MattGaetz,R-Fla.,forattorneygenerallastNovember?
Thatwasalifetimeago.Pushedout.Withdrawn.Unconfirmable.Whateveryouwanttocallit.
OUTOFPOWER:DEMOCRATSDISORIENTEDINFIGHTAGAINSTTRUMPAGENDA
TheSenatehasalreadyconfirmedatleastonenomineewhompoliticalexpertsdeemedaspotentiallyunconfirmableafewweeksago:DefenseSecretaryPeteHegseth.
HegsethskatedthroughtoconfirmationwiththreeGOPnays.ButVicePresidentJDVancebrokeatie.ItwasonlythesecondtimeinU.S.historythattheSenateconfirmedaCabinetsecretaryonatiebreakingvotebythevicepresident.
Andbytheendoftheweek,theSenatewilllikelyconfirmtwoothercontroversialnomineeswhoatonepointseemedtobeastretch.TheSenatevotesMondaynighttobreakafilibusteronthenominationofTulsiGabbardtoserveasDirectorofNationalIntelligence.Herconfirmationvoteli
