With the confirmation of Donald Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget Thursday night, the Senate has outpaced itself for the number of Cabinet confirmations completed by this point in time since the George W. Bush administration in 2001.
Now, it’s down to the home stretch with crucial confirmation votes for director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard, secretary of health and human services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and FBI director nominee Kash Patel still to come.
“It’s been a busy few weeks here in the Senate,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said from the Senate floor Wednesday. “And I’m looking forward to more, as we continue to confirm the president’s nominees and deliver on an agenda for the American people.”
The tally stands at 13 nominees confirmed in 18 days, a speed only outpaced by the number confirmed for Bush, who had his entire Cabinet confirmed by Feb. 1. During both Joe Biden’s presidency and Trump’s first term, only six nominees were confirmed by Feb. 6. President Barack Obama had three.
The pace of confirmations is a result of Thune’s commitment to processing nominees as quickly as possible and prioritizing the Senate’s floor time to achieve this goal, a government official told The Daily Signal. At press time, Trump’s confirmed Cabinet nominees stand as follows:
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
- Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem
- Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent
- Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy
- Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum
- Secretary of Energy Chris Wright
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner
- Attorney General Pam Bondi
- Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin
- Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe
- Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought […]
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