Senate Will Begin Confirming Nominees Right After Swearing-In

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Senate Will Begin Confirming Nominees Right After Swearing-In

By CQ Staff | January 16, 2009 4:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday that the Senate would begin confirming President-elect Barack Obama's nominees to various executive posts as soon as Obama is sworn in next week.

Reid, D-Nev., said the Senate planned to confirm "a number" of non-controversial nominations that won't require a roll call in the hours immediately following Obama's inauguration at noon Jan. 20 as the nation's 44th president.

"Any nominations that require votes, we will schedule them for the next day," Reid said.

It is not unusual for senators to move quickly to confirm a new president's nominees. Half of President Bush's Cabinet members were confirmed the same day he took office. All but two of President Reagan's 14 Cabinet picks were confirmed by Jan. 22, 1981, two days after he was sworn in, and all but two of Clinton's Cabinet members were confirmed just one day after his 1993 inauguration.

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