[ditty_news_ticker id=”25027″]Ten days before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes over the executive branch, his top cabinet nominees are scheduled to appear on Capitol Hill in front of the appropriate Senate committees before upper chamber votes on whether to confirm them for federal service.
“We hope the minority will treat President-elect Trump’s cabinet selections in the same way that we treated President Obama, and we confirmed a number on Inauguration Day itself,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.), speaking to reporters Wednesday after a Capitol Hill meeting with Vice President-elect Michael R. Pence. “We hope to be in a position to do that once again.” – READ MORE
