Tag: transitions

  • Transition Tracker: Biden announces bipartisan SCOTUS commission

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    Every weekday, Ballotpedia is tracking key presidential appointments, executive actions, and policy developments from the Biden administration. There are no committee hearings scheduled Monday. The Senate will reconvene for a full session on Monday at 3:00 p.m. after being adjourned since March 25.  News Biden issued an executive order on Friday to convene a bipartisan…

  • Ballotpedia’s Weekly Transition Tracker: April 3-9, 2021

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    Every weekday, Ballotpedia is tracking key presidential appointments, executive actions, and policy developments from the Biden administration. There were no committee hearings scheduled this week. The Senate stands adjourned until April 12 for a full session. Executive Actions and Nominations Biden announced David Chipman as his nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…

  • Transition Tracker for April 9, 2021: Biden is expected to release the initial outline of his proposed 2022 federal budget.

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    Every weekday, Ballotpedia is tracking key presidential appointments, executive actions, and policy developments from the Biden administration. There are no committee hearings scheduled Friday. The Senate stands adjourned until April 12 for a full session. News Biden is expected to release the initial outline of his proposed 2022 federal budget on Friday, which will include…

  • Transition Tracker: Biden supports reinstating talking filibuster in U.S. Senate

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    March 17, 2021: President Joe Biden (D) said he supported reinstating the talking filibuster in the U.S. Senate. President Joe Biden (D) and his team have been preparing for the transition between presidential administrations since the election, including selecting senior White House staff and appointees to top government positions. In 2020, there were 1,472 government…

  • Ballotpedia’s Weekly Transition Tracker: February 27-March 5, 2021

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    President Joe Biden (D) and his team have been preparing for the transition between presidential administrations since the election, including selecting senior White House staff and appointees to top government positions. In 2020, there were 1,472 government positions subject to presidential appointment: 1,118 positions required Senate confirmation and 354 did not. The new administration is…

  • Transition Tracker: Harris casts third tie-breaking vote on coronavirus recovery bill

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    President Joe Biden (D) and his team have been preparing for the transition between presidential administrations since the election, including selecting senior White House staff and appointees to top government positions. In 2020, there were 1,472 government positions subject to presidential appointment: 1,118 positions required Senate confirmation and 354 did not. The new administration is…

  • White House withdraws first Cabinet nominee

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    President Joe Biden (D) withdrew the nomination of Neera Tanden for director of the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday after several senators, including Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), said they would vote against confirming her. This marks the first failed nomination of Biden’s administration. Biden said in a statement, “I have accepted Neera Tanden’s…

  • Senate confirms Vilsack for agriculture secretary, Thomas-Greenfield for UN ambassador

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    The Senate confirmed Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a diplomat who served in the U.S. Foreign Service for three decades, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday by a vote of 78-20. The Senate also confirmed Tom Vilsack for secretary of agriculture by a vote of 92-7. He previously served in this position…

  • Transition Tracker: February 10, 2021: Garland’s confirmation hearing scheduled to begin Feb. 22

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    President Joe Biden (D) and his team have been preparing for the transition between presidential administrations since the election, including selecting senior White House staff and appointees to top government positions. In 2020, there were 1,472 government positions subject to presidential appointment: 1,118 positions required Senate confirmation and 354 did not. The new administration is…

  • Biden to be inaugurated as 46th president

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    Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Jan. 20. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will also be sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States, becoming the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve in the office.…