Some members of the Cabinet, like vice president and White House chief of staff, do not need Senate approval. But most of them do.
Officials say Pete Hegseth was part of a 2017 sexual assault investigation, and members of Congress want findings from an investigation into Matt Gaetz released.For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is extremely rare.
Perhaps Trump's nomination of Gaetz will test the yearslong streak of no Cabinet nominee being rejected by the Senate. Former House colleagues have said Gaetz bragged about sex with an underage girl. Plus, he has earned the enmity of some of his Republican colleagues, although Trump's influence could overcome all of that.
Some roles, like US ambassador to the United Nations or CIA director, have been at the Cabinet level in some administrations but not all. The current Cabinet, under President Joe Biden, has 26 members.Article II is the section of the Constitution that deals with the executive branch. In Section II, it makes clear that while the president is the executive, he hires certain positions spelled out in the Constitution and others established by law with the "advice and consent" of senators.
The three presidents before Trump's first term all had more than 200 nominees confirmed by 200 days in office. Trump had 119 and Biden had 118 confirmed nominees at that point, although Trump had nominated far fewer people than other presidents.Sort of. There is that mention in the Constitution of recess appointments - something Trump has said he wants to use.
So if Senate Republicans don't want to give up their power, it is technically possible that House Speaker Mike Johnson could get the House to pass an adjournment resolution the Senate would not agree to. Trump could then adjourn the Senate for 10 days to ram through a Cabinet.
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