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Key details connected Trump's archetypal Cabinet gathering
Washington — Less than 2 months aft President Trump's inauguration, the Republican-led Senate confirmed astir each 1 of his Cabinet nominees.
But a ballot has yet to beryllium scheduled for the last nominee, the president's prime to beryllium U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York was poised to capable the relation earlier Mr. Trump pulled her nomination, citing House Republicans' slim bulk and needing her ballot to assistance beforehand his agenda. Mr. Trump said successful May he would determination Mike Waltz, his nationalist information adviser, to the position.
There are 22 Cabinet positions, each requiring Senate confirmation. CBS News besides included the divisive ballot for FBI director, which is not a Cabinet role, successful our tally.
Republicans mostly fell successful line, adjacent aft immoderate expressed interest astir Mr. Trump's much arguable picks, portion fewer Democrats were consenting to springiness them their stamp of approval, particularly arsenic the president moved to overhaul the national agencies that these nominees oversee.
Here's however members of each enactment voted:
A fistful of Democrats supported astir fractional of the nominees. Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire each voted for 10 of Mr. Trump's nominees.
Ten Democrats supported lone 1 of Mr. Trump's picks — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who represented Florida successful the Senate earlier his confirmation. Rubio was confirmed hours aft Mr. Trump was sworn successful and was the lone nominee to person unanimous support. But astatine slightest 2 of the Democrats who lone voted for Rubio — Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland — person since said they regretted backing him, fixed the Trump administration's attraction of Ukraine.
Besides Rubio, 7 different nominees received important enactment from Democrats: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
See much here connected however each Democrat voted for each nominee.
Only 5 of the 53 Republicans successful the precocious enclosure defected to ballot against astatine slightest 1 of the president's nominees.
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky led the battalion with 4 "no" votes. He voted against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Chavez-DeRemer.
Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska besides voted against Hegseth, forcing Vice President JD Vance to formed a tie-breaking vote. Collins and Murkowski besides withheld their enactment from Kash Patel, who was narrowly confirmed arsenic FBI director.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who isn't acrophobic to subordinate his party, voted against Jamieson Greer arsenic U.S. commercialized typical and Chavez-DeRemer.
Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina formed his lone "no" ballot against Chavez-DeRemer.
So far, 40 Republican senators person voted successful favour of each of the nominees. Another 8 supported them each erstwhile they weren't absent.
See more here connected however each Republican voted for each nominee.
Caitlin Yilek is simply a authorities newsman astatine CBSNews.com, based successful Washington, D.C. She antecedently worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a subordinate of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.
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