Tuesday evening, President Trump named Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia. He currently sits on the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, based in Denver. The nomination now sets up a likely clash in the Senate between the two parties.
Background information about Gorsuch is available here and here.
The Senate HELP Committee just voted to advance the nominee for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos. The committee vote was 12-11, which is along party lines.
Two Republicans, Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), said that they voted to advance DeVos’ nomination out of committee but still had concerns about her nomination and remained undecided on how they would vote on the Senate floor.
DeVos’ nomination has yet to be schedule for consideration by the full Senate.
Senate Finance
MNUCHIN NOMINATION
6 p.m. Jan. 30, 215 Dirksen Bldg. New
Full Committee Markup
Senate Energy & Natural Resources
ZINKE AND PERRY NOMINATIONS/COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Jan. 31, 9:30 a.m., 366 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Markup
Senate Judiciary
SESSIONS NOMINATION/ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION
Jan. 31, 9:30 a.m., 226 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Markup
Senate Budget
CBO BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m., 608 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing
Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation
REDUCING UNNECESSARY REGULATORY BURDENS
Feb. 1, 10 a.m., 253 Russell Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing
Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET
Feb. 1, 10 a.m., 430 Dirksen Bldg. Updated
Full Committee Hearing
Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
SOUTHWEST BORDER FENCING
Feb. 1, 10 a.m., 342 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing
House Education & the Workforce
ACA REPEAL/HEALTHCARE SOLUTION
Feb. 1, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn Bldg. Updated
Full Committee Hearing
House Education & the Workforce
SCHOOL CHOICE
Feb. 2, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing
House Energy & Commerce
COLLAPSING HEALTH MARKETS
Feb. 2, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing
Earlier today, shortly after meeting with representatives from the small business community, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) aimed at rolling back regulations.
While the actual text of the order has not yet been posted on the White House website, multiple sources are reporting that the EO requires each federal agencies to eliminate two regulations for every new regulation they promulgate.
A number of Senate committees are scheduled to vote on Cabinet nominees this week.
Monday evening, the Senate Finance Committee is slated to vote on the nomination of Steve Mnuchin to be the Secretary of the Treasury. The following day, the committee is also currently scheduled to vote on the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to become the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Committees are expected to vote on the nominations for at least four other Cabinet secretaries on Tuesday. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled votes on Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to be the Secretary of the Interior and former Texas governor Rick Perry to be the Secretary of Energy for Tuesday. Also tomorrow, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is slated to vote on Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to formally vote on the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) for the position of Attorney General.
The Environment and Public Works Committee is slated to vote on the nomination of Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma Attorney General who has been tapped to head the Environmental Protection Agency, on Wednesday. The nomination of Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) to head the Office of Management and Budget will be headed to a vote before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday as well.