{"id":2392960,"date":"2025-01-20T20:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T01:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/markwayne-mullin-previews-trump-cabinet-confirmation-hearings-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T20:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T01:44:26","slug":"markwayne-mullin-previews-trump-cabinet-confirmation-hearings-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/markwayne-mullin-previews-trump-cabinet-confirmation-hearings-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Markwayne Mullin previews Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarkwayne-mullin-previews-trump-cabinet-confirmation-hearings-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Markwayne Mullin \u2063(R-OK) provided an overview of \u200dupcoming \u2062Senate activities related \u2064to the confirmation of \u200cPete Hegseth for the position of Secretary of Defense. \u2062He mentioned that the Senate Armed Services Committee \u200dhad voted, along party \u2064lines,\u200d to advance Hegseth&#8217;s nomination to the Senate\u200d floor, with a close vote\u200b of 14 Republicans in favor and 13 democrats against.Mullin emphasized that the first step woudl involve voting within\u200c the Senate Armed Services Committee, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">confirmation hearings<\/a> for \u2062the administration of President Donald Trump\u2064 were set to take place that week.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Markwayne Mullin previews Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1940100\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) previewed Senate action in anticipation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pete Hegseth\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>&rsquo;s confirmation to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"defense\">defense<\/a> secretary, in addition to what is ahead this week for the other confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump&rsquo;s new administration. <\/p>\n<p>On Monday evening, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 14 Republicans to 13 Democrats, along party lines, to send the Hegseth nomination to the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The first thing we are going to be doing is voting out of the Senate Committee on Armed Services,&rdquo; Mullin said ahead of the vote, speaking during <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">special presidential inauguration coverage<\/a> on Fox News. &ldquo;And then his clock will start as soon as we&rsquo;re reporting to the floor, probably on Wednesday.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oklahoma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Oklahoma\">Oklahoma<\/a> senator is hopeful that Hegseth will be confirmed on Thursday, which would be the soonest date for a full Senate vote. He clarified that the Republicans are working with Senate Democrats to get an agreement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2764912&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=57fd5bfccf0744024ec8d3d66c6593ef\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mullin said that some of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s other nominees, former Rep. John Ratcliffe and Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), have &ldquo;already been vetted&rdquo; because they have been in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The senator believed that those nominees could &ldquo;get voted out today&rdquo; but Democrats are &ldquo;not playing ball.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mullin is optimistic that they could reach 15 nominees confirmed in 30 days, but that that time frame would likely include nights and weekends, which Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has been telling senators could happen.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Foreign Relations Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-senator-raphael-warnock-under-investigation-for-voter-registration-misconduct-reports\/\" title=\"Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock Under Investigation For Voter Registration Misconduct: Reports\">voted unanimously<\/a> on Monday in a 22-0 vote to advance former Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a>&lsquo;s&nbsp;secretary of state nomination to the full Senate. The Senate then voted unanimously to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3294511\/rubio-confirmed-secretary-state-on-day-one-trump-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"confirm him\">confirm him<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Intelligence Committee also voted 14-3 on Monday in favor of Ratcliffe&rsquo;s nomination to head the CIA. He had previously worked in intelligence in the first Trump administration as the director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Noem to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-to-unveil-immigration-agenda-next-tuesday\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden to unveil immigration agenda next Tuesday\">homeland security secretary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next round of Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet picks will face Senate committees this week.<\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Doug Collins, the nominee to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Trump&rsquo;s U.N. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-un-pick-urges-continued-u-s-presence-in-chinese-led-panels\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s UN pick urges continued U.S. presence in Chinese-led panels\">ambassador nominee<\/a>, will be testifying on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Office of Management and Budget chief nominee Russ Vought and Department of Transportation nominee Sean Duffy will testify again on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Trump&rsquo;s agriculture secretary nominee Brooke Robbins and Dan Driscoll, secretary of Army nominee, will wrap the week on Thursday, Jan. 23.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1940100\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1940100\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Markwayne Mullin discusses upcoming Trump Cabinet confirmations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2392961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Markwayne-Mullin.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47631,46834,32603,39368,32076],"class_list":["post-2392960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-confirmation-hearings","tag-markwayne-mullin","tag-political-news","tag-trump-cabinet","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Markwayne-Mullin.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392964,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392960\/revisions\/2392964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}