GOP senators want nominees who could win their support, want consultation, and not yet committing to moving his picks quickly
Elizabeth Warren told me Biden should pick “strong progressives,” while AOC says Biden should get “more aggressive” if Ds take GA cnn.com/2020/12/02/pol…
Elizabeth Warren told me Biden should pick “strong progressives,” while AOC says Biden should get “more aggressive” if Ds take GA cnn.com/2020/12/02/pol…
Bob Menendez has urged Jim Risch to hold hearings in early January for nominees under their panel's jurisdiction: Tony Blinken to head State and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador. But Risch has not committed to that, and he’s refusing to answer questions about his views
Chuck Grassley, in line to chair Judiciary, said that Biden should pick an attorney general nominee who will get "better treatment than what Sessions got...It seems to me [it should be someone who has] got bipartisan support. And that wasn't the way Sessions was treated."
As Clyburn and others push Marcia Fudge for agriculture secretary, senators lobbying Biden team for Heidi Heitkamp. “She didn't ask me to do it," Tester said of his lobbying for Heitkamp. "But I think she'd be good."
“I got my name in for Interior," Tom Udall told me today. "We need a good Westerner in there." He’s in the running along with Rep. Deb Haaland, a fellow Democrat from New Mexico.
Cornyn: “I would think the incoming administration would be wise to reach out to the leader," referring to McConnell, who has yet to acknowledge Biden’s win. "It's not his job, it's their job to make the case and to coordinate the confirmation process."
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