In a bipartisan vote, the Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as the new director of the CIA. Final tally was 74-25, and includes twenty Democrats who favored his confirmation.
Absent from the voting was Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman.
Doug Burgum – Secretary of Interior – Confirmed By a vote of 80-17, new Secretary of Interior, Doug Burgum, was confirmed today. No Republicans crossed the aisle to vote against his confirmation, but three Democrat senators could not be bothered to vote one way or the other. The three “not voting” Democrats were New Jersey’s…
Sean Duffy – Secretary of Transportation – Confirmed New Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy was confirmed today by a Senate vote of 77-22. No Republicans voted against his confirmation, but Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff cast no vote in the hearing.
Chris Wight – Secretary of Energy – Confirmed By a vote of 59-38, Wright becomes the Secretary of Energy in Trump’s cabinet. Senators Graham (R), Hyde Smith (R), and Fetterman (D) declined to vote in the confirmation hearing. Several Democrats joined the Republican majority in confirming.
Scott Bessent – Secretary of Treasury – Confirmed By a tally of 68-29, the Senate today confirmed incoming Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent. Not one Republican voted against Bessent’s nomination. On the other hand, Utah Republican Sheehy and California Dem Padilla did not vote. Oh, and Democrat Jon Ossoff of Georgia (again) could not find…
Pete Hegseth – Secretary of Defense – Confirmed In a tight confirmation vote that required a tie-breaker from VP J.D. Vance, Pete Hegseth becomes the new head of the DoD. Collins, Murkowski and McConnell voted with the Democrats against the confirmation. Hegseth, 44, has a highly decorated military background which paved the way for him…
Marco Rubio – Secretary of State – Confirmed In a voting landslide, former Senator Marco Rubio has been confirmed as our new Secretary of State. The count came in at 99-0. This confirmation is the first of Trump’s nominees to be finalized and was seen as the least controversial of the “senior” cabinet nominees.