Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., mentioned he helps the delay of all of President Donald Trump’s Cupboard nominees who should not have unanimous help within the Senate.
Majority Chief John Thune, R-S.D., filed cloture on John Ratcliffe’s nomination for CIA director, Kristi Noem’s nomination for Homeland Safety secretary and Pete Hegseth’s nomination for protection secretary on Tuesday. However a last-minute objection from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., held up a vote on Ratcliffe, triggering hours of debate that would delay affirmation votes on Trump’s nationwide safety nominees late into the week and probably into the weekend.
“I don’t think it’s too much to ask to make sure that we have a full, real debate that lasts two days on the Senate floor,” Murphy mentioned on the Senate ground, including that Democrats have “serious concerns” about Trump’s CIA decide.
The Senate voted to substantiate Ratcliffe, 74-25, on Thursday afternoon.
Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a press convention with different Senate Democrats on reproductive rights in Washington on Jan. 22, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu through Getty Photos)
Requested on Thursday if he helps slowing the affirmation course of for Trump’s nominees down, Schumer indicated that he does.
“Look, there are some nominees like [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio that got broad support, but a detailed discussion – I have some doubts about Mr. Ratcliffe, particularly when I asked him how he’d react if Tulsi Gabbard were put in charge of him in the DNI,” Schumer mentioned, referring to Trump’s decide to steer the Workplace of Nationwide Intelligence.
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Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, John Ratcliffe, seems for a Senate Intelligence affirmation listening to on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos)
“For a day or two, or a few hours to examine these nominees who have such power thoroughly, absolutely,” he added. “Our idea is to let the whole truth come out if they try to rush them through. We don’t want that to happen.”
Thune on Tuesday expressed frustration with Democrats over their delay techniques.
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Republican Majority Chief John Thune, R-S.D. (Getty Photos)
“Do we want a vote on these folks on Tuesday or vote on them on Friday, Saturday and Sunday? Because that’s what we’re going to do. This can be easy or this can be hard,” Thune mentioned. “That is about America’s nationwide safety pursuits, and we’re stalling, in order that’s not going to occur.”
Ratcliffe was authorized by the Senate Intelligence Committee by a bipartisan vote of 14-3. Due to that, Thune mentioned the vote to substantiate him “shouldn’t be hard.”
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“Democrats and Republicans, in a very big bipartisan fashion, agree that he is very qualified for this job,” Thune mentioned, including that he is not positive what stalling accomplishes.
Fox Information Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
