Feb 21, 2021 · Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's pick to be attorney general, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday for the first day of his confirmation hearings.
Feb 09, 2021 · (CNN)President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 22 and 23 for his confirmation hearing.
Feb 09, 2021 · President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 22 and 23 for his confirmation hearing.
Feb 09, 2021 · The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Feb. 22-23 on confirmation of President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee, Merrick Garland, and will vote on advancing his nomination ...
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As the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Garland leads the Justice Department's 115,000 employees, who work across the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide.Jan 26, 2022
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Durbin is expected to become the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Democratic former President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016 while Biden was vice president. The Republican-controlled Senate refused to hold hearings on the nomination, allowing Trump to fill the seat after he assumed office in January 2017.
Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday blamed partisan gridlock for stalling the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, Merrick Garland, and called on Republicans to set a Feb. 8 confirmation hearing.
Garland, 68, is currently as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, one of 13 federal appeals courts. In response, Graham wrote to Durbin that a one-day hearing on Garland’s nomination was not enough, noting that the last five nominees for attorney general had two-day hearings.
WASHINGTON — Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, pledged Monday to make the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol his top priority if confirmed by the Senate. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing, Garland said in his opening statement that if confirmed, ...
Garland said in his opening statement that the Department of Justice's mission to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, "particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society ... remains urgent.". "Communities of color and other minorities still face discrimination in housing, education, in employment, ...
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The Senate voted not to convict Trump in an impeachment trial, but Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said: "We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation, and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one."
All cabinet-level officials, except the White House chief of staff, require Senate confirmation, including: the secretaries of agriculture, commerce, defense, education, energy, health and human services, homeland security, housing and urban development, interior, labor, state, transportation, treasury, and veterans affairs, as well as the attorney general, director of the Office of Management and Budget, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.
Before a nomination may move to the Hill, the candidate must submit several forms and undergo a fair amount of vetting by the White House and FBI.
1) A nomination is given to the relevant Senate committee. The Senate Judiciary Committee, for example, handles the attorney general nomination.
The GOP barely kept its majority in the Senate after this year's elections, and rejections of major appointments are rare. Republicans have 52 seats, but that number includes Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who is Trump's pick for attorney general.
Hearings for several Cabinet picks started in January before the inauguration. Nominees were not permitted to be confirmed, however, until after the president was sworn in on Jan. 20. A number of nominees have been voted on, confirmed and sworn in. A full list of those who require Senate confirmation and their status is below.