Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings **live commentary thread**

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

The senate returns from its "President's Day for a week!" break at 12 NOON EST tomorrow. There will be seven hours of debate, followed by a FINAL VOTE on Ross, and a CLOTURE VOTE on Zinke.

[The Other Castro]

Turns out Spicer was lying: "Nominee for Navy Secretary withdraws"

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/nominee-for-navy-secretary-to-withdraw-235418

[Maxwell]

it's a real wonder how much longer Sean Spicer has.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

CSPAN claiming that Ross, Zinke, Carson, and Perry will all get confirmation votes this week.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Final vote on Ross is currently progressing. He's ahead 36-5 so far.

Duckworth: Aye
Nelson: Aye

I just tuned in so I don't know which other dems have voted for him so far.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Kaine: Aye
Peters: Aye
McCaskill: Aye
Manchin: No

41-12 Ross now

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

King: Aye
Donnelly: Aye
Klobuchar: Aye

Ross has been confirmed. He's up 54-19 currently.

[Maxwell]

lol wut this is the vote Manchin decides to be good on? but not the literal Goldman Sachs guy? lol

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Tester: Aye
Schatz: Aye
Warner: Aye
Casey: Aye
Bennet: Aye
Carper: Aye
Feinstein: Aye
Heitkamp: Aye
Coons: Aye
Brown: Aye

Ross confirmed 72-27. Some coward didn't vote.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Zinke has passed Cloture. His margin is 65-30 so far.

Dems voting Yes:

Bennet
Coons
Cortez-Masto
Donnelly
Feinstein
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Kaine
King
Manchin
McCaskill
Murphy
Tester
Udall
Warner

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

So much for the #Resistance

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Zinke passes cloture, 67-31, with 1 senator voting present.

That's it for tonight. The senate will resume consideration of the Zinke nomination tomorrow. I will post the full vote list for both votes that took place tonight once it's on the senate website.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Zinke is one of the less-godawful choices, although he's still pretty bad. I'd probably vote for cloture but against final confirmation.

Ross is vomitrocious. Wtf Schatz and Brown?

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Zinke is one of the less-godawful choices, although he's still pretty bad. I'd probably vote for cloture but against final confirmation.

Ross is vomitrocious. Wtf Schatz and Brown?

Presumably anti-Free Trade.
He's honestly one of the few Trump noms I'd consider voting for.

[KingSweden]

Turns out Spicer was lying: "Nominee for Navy Secretary withdraws"

You must be logged in to read this quote.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/nominee-for-navy-secretary-to-withdraw-235418

Maybe they'll go with the original (and superior) likely choice in Randy Forbes

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Zinke is one of the less-godawful choices, although he's still pretty bad. I'd probably vote for cloture but against final confirmation.

Ross is vomitrocious. Wtf Schatz and Brown?

Presumably anti-Free Trade.
He's honestly one of the few Trump noms I'd consider voting for.

I don't trust Ross on trade as far as I can throw him, and neither should anybody else who's looked at his business record.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

FULL VOTE LIST FOR ROSS CONFIRMATION:

YEAs ---72
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Brown (D-OH)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Gardner (R-CO)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kennedy (R-LA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Paul (R-KY)
Perdue (R-GA)
Peters (D-MI)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Schatz (D-HI)
Scott (R-SC)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Shelby (R-AL)
Strange (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Warner (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

NAYs ---27
Baldwin (D-WI)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Durbin (D-IL)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Leahy (D-VT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 1
Isakson (R-GA)

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

FULL VOTE LIST FOR ZINKE CLOTURE:

YEAs ---67
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Gardner (R-CO)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kennedy (R-LA)
King (I-ME)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Nelson (D-FL)
Paul (R-KY)
Perdue (R-GA)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Strange (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

NAYs ---31
Baldwin (D-WI)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Hirono (D-HI)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murray (D-WA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

Present - 1
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 1
Isakson (R-GA)

[Maxwell]

I was wondering where Isakson is, apparently he's recovering from back surgery.

[The Other Castro]

Major Garrett‏ @MajorCBS  6h6 hours ago
News: 3 sources tell me Todd Ricketts hitting heavy financial separation issues; w/drawal as Dep. Commerce Sec nominee a real possibility

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

lol wut this is the vote Manchin decides to be good on? but not the literal Goldman Sachs guy? lol

Ross owned the Sago Mine.

[The Other Castro]

Interesting. Of all the Trump state Democrats, it seems like Baldwin and Stabenow are the ones most opposed to his nominees and policies, right?

According to 538's tracker, Baldwin has voted with Trump 25% of the time and Stabenow 35% of the time. Sherrod Brown has also voted with Trump 35% of the time. Meanwhile, Manchin leads the pack of Trump state Dems with a 70% voting rate, followed by Heitkamp with 65%, Donnelly with 57.9%, and McCaskill with 52.6%. Other Trump state Dems were below 50% but higher than 35%.

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Zinke has passed Cloture. His margin is 65-30 so far.

Dems voting Yes:

Bennet
Coons
Cortez-Masto
Donnelly
Feinstein
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Kaine
King
Manchin
McCaskill
Murphy
Tester
Udall
Warner

Feinstein really seems to love Trump's cabinet.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

10:30 AM Tomorrow:

FINAL VOTE on Zinke
CLOTURE VOTE on Carson

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Earlier Today, the senate voted 68-31 to confirm Zinke:

YEAs ---68
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Brown (D-OH)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Gardner (R-CO)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kennedy (R-LA)
King (I-ME)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Nelson (D-FL)
Paul (R-KY)
Perdue (R-GA)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Strange (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Wyden (D-OR)
Young (R-IN)

NAYs ---31
Baldwin (D-WI)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Hirono (D-HI)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murray (D-WA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

Not Voting - 1
Isakson (R-GA)