Confirmation Update 3-3-25

Confirmation Hearings and Votes for Appointees will continue through February 2025. 

Marco Rubio – State Department has taken over USAID.

Howard Lutnick – Commerce is expected to transfer the US Postal Service to Commerce.

The US Senate has confirmed 18 of 25 Appointees as of 2-26-25:

Marco Rubio – State Dept,

John Ratcliffe – CIA,

Kristi Noem - Homeland Security,

Pete Hegseth – DOD,

Scott Bessent -Treasury,

Sean Duffy - Transportation

Doug Burgum – Interior,

Lee Zeldin – EPA,

Pam Bondi-Attorney General-DOJ, 

Doug Collins – Veterans

Chris Wright – Energy, 

RF Kennedy Jr – HHS

Tulsi Gabbard – DNI

Brook Rollins – Agriculture

Howard Lutnick – Commerce

Scott Turner – Housing,

Kash Patel, FBI

Kelly Loeffler – SBA

 

Confirmation Vote Pending:

Elise Stefanik, UN, (current House Member NY)

Russell Vought OMB,

Jamieson Greer – Trade

Linda McMahon – Education

Lori Chavez-DeRemer - Labor

Branden Carr – FCC

Billy Long IRS

Ambassadors pending

 

Confirmation not required

Susie Wilds – Chief of Staff

 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/04/trump-cabinet-confirmed-members-confirmation-votes

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/trump-cabinet-confirmations

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/2025/01/27/schedule-for-tuesday-january-28-2025

Comments

Democrats are “slow rolling” the confirmation process. They insist on individual meetings, multiple “hit-job” hearings, cloture votes that require 60 votes to proceed to confirmation votes and finally, confirmation votes.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader