Senate confirmation

The Senate confirmed Scott Turner as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Wednesday in a bipartisan vote.

Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents 16,000 American Airlines pilots, is calling for the rapid confirmation of Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as Department of Homeland Security secretary, Breitbart News has learned.

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for DNI, is one of the only members of the national security team in his Cabinet to not have a Senate hearing scheduled yet.

Treasury nominee Scott Bessent opened his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee with powerful attacks on the radical left by defending the value of tariffs and nuclear energy. 

Russ Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to direct the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a “crucial” appointment, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

Pundits on social media gave Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi fabulous reviews during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stuck her foot in her mouth while trying to attack Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Sen.-elect Jim Banks (R-IN) announced his support for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on Thursday.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday promised to block the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s Senate nominees until the administration complies with congressional demands to disclose information regarding Biden’s classified documents scandal.

During a call with White House reporters, Cotton ridiculed Senate Democrats for suggesting Pompeo was “too bellicose” and not committed to diplomacy.

Establishment media outlets are painting these nominees as a motley crew that Republican senators are supporting because they have no choice, but conservative leaders say that is far from the truth.

Senate Republicans used the “constitutional option” to change longstanding cloture rules around 12:30pm Thursday, clearing the way for Judge Neil Gorsuch to receive a vote of the full Senate on his confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Senate Republicans are working to secure the nomination for education department secretary for Betsy DeVos after two Republican senators said they could not support her.

California Democrats are talking smack again. This time, their target is Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s pick for EPA.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) is postponing the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the federal Education Department.

Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) praised President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, to Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Monday, saying, “I’ve known him ever since I got to D.C., which is just a couple years ago, and he has been a true friend to me. He’s personally helped me out. He’s a warm human being.”

WASHINGTON D.C. — All eleven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee — including Chairman Chuck Grassley — have sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, informing the Kentucky Senator that the committee will not hold any hearings on President Barack Obama’s forthcoming nominee to take the seat left open by Justice Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death.