US Senate Democratic leaders Schumer says he and his members will work on hearings for Trump staff …
But they will want FBI, not just Trump lawyers checks on those coming before committee hearings…
There ARE a few Republicans who have shown support for Trump’s wishes…
But with incoming Republican Senate Majority Leader Thune and most Senators of BOTH parties NOT leaning to Trump’s version of things?
Trump & Co. will probably HAVE TO follow the established way of doing things…
And that could knock a few picks out of consideration…
Little media talk about the view that a good many of Trump’s choices so far will little to no trouble with being confirmed….
The top Senate Democrat offered on Monday to cooperate with Republicans next year in considering President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choices for his cabinet and other top administration jobs, and called for the G.O.P. to adhere to traditional Senate vetting standards that Mr. Trump has threatened to skip.
In a letter to Senator John Thune, the South Dakota Republican who is set to become majority leader in January, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the current leader, said that he and his colleagues “stand ready and willing to work” with Senate Republicans in considering the nominations, several of which have already proved to be explosive. The latest was announced on Saturday, when Mr. Trump disclosed that he intended to name Kash Patel, a loyalist and right-wing provocateur, as director of the F.B.I.
“In particular,” Mr. Schumer wrote to Mr. Thune, “we commit to working in a bipartisan fashion to process each nominee by reviewing standard F.B.I. background-investigation materials, scheduling hearings and markups in the committees of jurisdiction, and considering nominees on the Senate floor.”
The letter comes as Mr. Trump has threatened to skirt the Senate and install some of his nominees during recesses, and some Senate Republicans have suggested that he should do so to get around resistance from Democrats. The president-elect’s advisers have also suggested that he should skip F.B.I. background checks for his nominees in favor of vetting by private security firms…
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Both ideas have met resistance from some Republicans and Democrats who contend that they would constitute an abandonment of the Senate’s constitutional role of providing advice and consent on nominees. They worry that it would harm the institution and weaken the Senate’s ability to provide oversight of federal agencies….
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The letter from Mr. Schumer does not commit Democrats to supporting any nominees, and they are unlikely to vote for many, though more conventional picks such as Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida and Mr. Trump’s choice for secretary of state, could draw significant bipartisan backing….
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Since Democrats will be in the minority, they will lack the votes to block Trump nominees who can be approved on simple majority votes, but they can throw up procedural obstacles that would slow the nominations. They are counting on using any hearings to persuade some Republicans to join them in pushing back on candidates they find objectionable, and also hope that Republicans insist on upholding the Senate’s role in the confirmation process.
Mr. Thune has said he intends to have the appointees follow the usual steps toward confirmation in the Senate, but has also said Republicans would preserve their options when it came to Mr. Trump’s nominees, including on recess appointments if necessary….
Note…
As we get closer to the actual REALITY of Trump 2.0?
A Good amount of the Project 2025 stuff IS going to drop by the wayside as Congress and Judges assert THEIR roles and power in how the Government for 330 Million Americans will continue to work….
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