Trump facing 'consequences' for how GOP treated Biden’s nominees: report

Donald Trump may find himself sitting on pins and needles waiting for the Senate to vote on his Cabinet nominees because Senate Democrats are still seething over how Republicans treated President Joe Biden's selections four years ago.

That is according to a report from Politico's Ursula Perano and Jordain Carney, who are reporting that only Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is slated for a quick vote with the other nominees being slow-walked when it comes to confirmation votes.

Noting that Rubio faces little to no opposition, largely because he is one of the Senate's own, the report notes that there are a variety of reasons for delaying votes on other Cabinet selections ranging from missing paperwork, hearings that have been postponed and plans by Democrats to refuse to "yield debate time on Trump’s most controversial nominees."

According to the report, "Democrats are wary of giving Republicans more help than they got on confirming President Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks on Jan. 20, 2021 — when Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines was the only nominee to get through that day. Senate Democrats had allowed two Cabinet confirmations for Trump in 2017, for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly."

One Democratic senator claimed that, this time, turnabout is fair play even when it comes to Trump's less controversial nominees.

"Were Republicans accommodating?” noted Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) before observing, “When Republicans change tradition and precedent here, they have to understand, that comes with consequences.”

Case in point, Trump's highly troublesome nominee to be secretary of defense, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, who is beset with accusations of public drunkenness and sexual assault, could see the Senate "hold a vote on his nomination Monday evening, but Democrats aren’t expected to assent to an immediate floor vote given the controversy around his nomination."

“I expect our Democratic friends will delay it to the extent to which they are free to do under the rules. Wednesday, Thursday perhaps,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) conceded.

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) a fierce Hegseth critic responded, "We’ve made it clear we feel that there’s more information that should be provided, and not just for our benefit, but for our Republican colleagues too."

Additionally, "Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi likely won’t see confirmation until the week after next under a timeline described Thursday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley. That’s because the panel’s Democrats can request a one-week delay of any nominee placed on the committee’s agenda, which is expected to happen at an initial panel meeting next week," Politico is reporting.

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