NJEA condemns Senate confirmation of Linda McMahon as education secretary
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) sharply criticized the Senate’s confirmation of Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education, calling her appointment an attack on public education. In a…
Watch: Adam Schiff Sleeps Through Sleeper Cell Topic During Bondi Confirmation Hearing
In the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, faced a rigorous examination from senators on both sides of the aisle. The hearing was…
Pro-Hamas Protesters Disrupt Confirmation Hearing For US Ambassador To Israel Nominee
Pro-Hamas Protesters Disrupt Confirmation Hearing For US Ambassador To Israel Nominee Lillian Tweten on October 18, 2023 Three pro-Hamas protesters disrupted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to confirm President Joe Biden’s…
Fed nominee Cook heads to confirmation with Senate vote
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted 52-47 to clear the way for the confirmation of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for a fresh 14-year term at the U.S. central…
Fed vice chair nominee Jefferson heads to Senate confirmation
By Richard Cowan and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to clear the way for the confirmation this week of Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson to…
Fed’s Brainard confirmation set to move step closer, others wait in wings
(Reuters) – One of President Joe Biden’s key nominees to the Federal Reserve, Lael Brainard, is set to move a step closer to confirmation on Monday, with the possibility she and three…
U.S. Fed nominees move a step closer to confirmation
By David Morgan (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve moved a step closer to confirmation Thursday after U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer entered procedural motions for two…
Biden, Jackson to deliver remarks after Jackson’s Senate confirmation to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson will deliver remarks on Friday on the latter’s Senate confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House said on Thursday. Jackson…
Ketanji Brown Jackson headed to U.S. Senate confirmation to Supreme Court this week
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said he will schedule a final vote later this week on President Joe Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a…
U.S. Senate votes to move forward with Bedoya’s FTC confirmation
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to break a deadlock over the nomination of privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to join the Federal Trade Commission, narrowly approving an effort to move…
No confirmation yet of key Russian bond payment, bondholder says
LONDON – International bondholders were still waiting on Wednesday to see whether or not Russia would make crucial coupon payments due on two of its government bonds. One bondholder who requested anonymity…
Russia Says It’s Pulling Back Some Troops From Ukraine, NATO Seeks Confirmation
Russia announced that some of its troops would return to base after completing military drills, and NATO is cautiously optimistic about possible de-escalation in the region, CNN reported. Troops from Russian military…
Manchin would not back Supreme Court confirmation right before 2024 election
WASHINGTON – Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Monday he would not support a Senate vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick for a Supreme Court seat if a vacancy opened…
The Three Republican Senators To Watch As Another Supreme Court Confirmation Approaches
For the first time since then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lowered the threshold to confirm a Supreme Court nominee from 60 votes to a simple majority, Democrats have a Senate majority. Despite…
Attorney General Wilson joins coalition seeking confirmation Biden Administration will faithfully defend federal immigration statute
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general seeking to ensure that the Biden Administration will faithfully defend a long-standing federal immigration statute that prohibits illegal…
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