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Read more about Joe Biden s Cabinet half-empty after slow start in Senate confirmations on Business Standard. President Joe Biden s Cabinet is taking shape at the slowest pace of any in modern history, with just over a dozen nominees for top posts confirmed more than a month into his tenure
Alexandra Jaffe March 02, 2021 - 9:17 PM
WASHINGTON - President Joe Bidenâs Cabinet is taking shape at the slowest pace of any in modern history, with just over a dozen nominees for top posts confirmed more than a month into his tenure.
Among Bidenâs 23 nominees with Cabinet rank, just 13 have been confirmed by the Senate, or a little over half. And among the 15 core nominees to lead federal agencies, 10 have been confirmed, or about two thirds. According to the Center for Presidential Transition, about a month into their first terms, the previous four presidents had 84% of their core Cabinet picks confirmed.
WASHINGTON California Attorney General Xavier Becerra took a step toward becoming secretary of Health and Human Services on Wednesday when a key Senate committee deadlocked on sending his nomination to the full chamber with a positive recommendation. All 14 Republicans on the Finance Committee voted against Becerra’s nomination, signaling his likely confirmation will consist largely if not exclusively of Democratic votes in the evenly split.
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California and 22 other states sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking the authority of the nation’s most populous state to set emission standards for cars and trucks. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a day after it issued a regulation designed to pre-empt the state’s authority to set its own rules. NBC Mar 6, 2019