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I think they'll work something out.  This has been simmering since Biden was the first president to not nominate a Cabinet secretary since Clinton.  And then the whole thing with Tanden added insult to injury.  Duckworth and Hirono aren't out to block all Biden nominations, they just want to get his attention, which is warranted.

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With the Young and Murthy nominations confirmed today, the Senate moves on tomorrow to vote on the nominations of Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, and David Turk, Deputy Secretary of Energy. If Levine is confirmed she will be the first trans woman to hold such a position. Adewale  Adeyemo, nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, is likely to be up next on Thursday.

Of interest, though she was never formally sent forward for Senate confirmation, Elizabeth Klein was withdrawn from consideration as the Deputy Secretary of the Interior position. According to reporting, this is due to objections from Senators Manchin and Murkowski.

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Figured I'd put this here as it was recently mentioned and it fits as using this as a catchall for appointments/confirmations - Biden to release his first wave of judicial nominees:

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The White House is expected to release its first slate of judicial nominees as early as Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

President Joe Biden plans to tap 11 nominees for the federal bench, including three Black women, sources said. At least two of those women will be named to the appeals courts, according to allies of his administration briefed on the selections. [...]

Biden, a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, begins his presidency with 68 judicial vacancies — seven appellate court vacancies and 61 district court vacancies. That number of vacancies is fewer than what former President Donald Trump inherited upon entering the White House. Trump had an open Supreme Court seat, 86 district court seats and 17 circuit court seats to fill.

 

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4 hours ago, Fez said:

About time. 

A very good first step. Kentaji BrownJackson should be the first pick for the SCOTUS when there is an opening. Her opinion against Trump's crazy claims of Presidential immunity alone should qualify her to be on the High Court.

Now, I'm looking for who will be the next Solicitor General? Leondra Kruger?

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Reviving this because I saw that Christine Wormuth was confirmed as the first ever female Secretary of the Army this past Thursday.  Interestingly, there have been 4 female secretaries of the Air Force (plus one Acting) - including two under Trump (plus the one Acting).  Still no female secretaries of the Navy.

Of course, Biden already appointed the first female Deputy SecDef in Kathleen Hicks.  Since I was bored, looked up how Biden was doing on confirming Deputy Secretaries.  Of the 15 departments in the Cabinet proper, 10 deputies have been confirmed.  The 5 remaining vacancies are Interior, Labor, HUD, Veteran's Affairs, and Homeland Security (which does have an acting Deputy). 

Interior makes sense due to Manchin and Murkowski putting the kibosh on Elizabeth Klein.  Her prospective replacement, Tommy Beaudreau, was only announced a month and a half ago.  John Tien, Biden's nominee for deputy at Homeland, and Donald Remy, the nominee for deputy at VA, were announced around the same time.  Adrianne Todman, the HUD nominee, was announced a bit earlier - late March.  The Labor nominee, Julie Su, I suspect is gonna gain a lot of opposition - including blaming her for the California unemployment fraud fiasco.

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On 5/31/2021 at 4:20 PM, DMC said:

Reviving this because I saw that Christine Wormuth was confirmed as the first ever female Secretary of the Army this past Thursday.  Interestingly, there have been 4 female secretaries of the Air Force (plus one Acting) - including two under Trump (plus the one Acting).  Still no female secretaries of the Navy.

And there won't be anytime soon. It looks like the new Secretary of the Navy will be Carlos Del Toro. Only the second Latinx nominee for that post..

On 5/31/2021 at 4:20 PM, DMC said:

 Of the 15 departments in the Cabinet proper, 10 deputies have been confirmed.  The 5 remaining vacancies are Interior, Labor, HUD, Veteran's Affairs, and Homeland Security (which does have an acting Deputy). 

Interior makes sense due to Manchin and Murkowski putting the kibosh on Elizabeth Klein.  Her prospective replacement, Tommy Beaudreau, was only announced a month and a half ago.  John Tien, Biden's nominee for deputy at Homeland, and Donald Remy, the nominee for deputy at VA, were announced around the same time.  Adrianne Todman, the HUD nominee, was announced a bit earlier - late March.  The Labor nominee, Julie Su, I suspect is gonna gain a lot of opposition - including blaming her for the California unemployment fraud fiasco.

I've been watching the same thing. You are likely right about Julie Su, Her name appears regularly on the the Senate Calendar for nomination and I expect we will see some movement this week but she was voted out favorably from the committee. John Tien is in the same position of just waiting for the  confirmation vote. Perhaps a confirmation vote next week for both of them.. Adrianne Todman was just confirmed as Deputy of HUD.

Of course, one of the reasons for the delay is the priority put on getting some of Biden's judges confirmed. The big news today being the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to Garland's old seat. Great news!

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