{"id":2400035,"date":"2025-02-07T00:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duckworth-pledges-to-vote-no-on-all-remaining-trump-cabinet-nominees-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T00:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:20:10","slug":"duckworth-pledges-to-vote-no-on-all-remaining-trump-cabinet-nominees-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duckworth-pledges-to-vote-no-on-all-remaining-trump-cabinet-nominees-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Duckworth pledges to vote \u2018no\u2019 on all remaining Trump cabinet nominees &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fduckworth-pledges-to-vote-no-on-all-remaining-trump-cabinet-nominees-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=2400035&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\u200c Tammy Duckworth \u200c(D-IL) has declared her \u200bintention to vote against all remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-impeachment-updates-house-reconvenes-to-debate-trump-impeachment\/\" title=\"Live impeachment updates: House reconvenes to debate Trump impeachment\">cabinet nominees<\/a> of President Donald Trump. Although she supported the confirmation of Secretary \u2063of State \u200dMarco Rubio, she has opposed multiple \u2063other nominees due to Trump&#8217;s collaboration\u200c with\u2064 elon Musk, which she \u2063views as detrimental to the middle class\u200c and national security. Duckworth stated her refusal to &#8220;aid \u2062and abet&#8221; what she\u2064 considers illegal \u2064power grabs\u2062 by the Trump administration.Despite her opposition, Republicans hold\u200d a\u200c majority in the\u200b Senate,\u200b making her vote largely\u2063 symbolic.Other Democratic senators,including John Fetterman (D-PA),have\u200d also indicated their intention to \u2063vote against\u200b nominees like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi\u2063 Gabbard.\u200c Duckworth&#8217;s stance reflects a \u2064growing frustration among\u200b Democrats concerning Trump&#8217;s policies and associations, \u200dnotably those involving \u2064Musk.  <\/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\">Duckworth pledges to vote &lsquo;no&rsquo; on all remaining Trump cabinet nominees<\/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_1981754\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tammy-duckworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tammy Duckworth <\/a>(D-IL) vowed to vote &ldquo;no&rdquo; on all of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> remaining cabinet nominees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While she voted with other Democrats to confirm Secretary of State Marco Rubio, she&rsquo;s said no to multiple other nominees like the DOT&rsquo;s Sean Duffy and the VA&rsquo;s Doug Collins. <\/p>\n<p>Duckworth says she will be voting &ldquo;no&rdquo; because of Trump&rsquo;s collaboration with Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Until&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&nbsp;<\/a>and unelected billionaire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk&nbsp;<\/a>stop their relentless spree of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-calling-them-racist-david-french-accuses-christians-of-canceling-him\/\" title=\"David French Claims Christians are &#039;Canceling&#039; Him After He Called Them Racist\">illegal power grabs<\/a> that are inflicting pain on the middle class and damaging our national security, I&rsquo;ll be voting no on all <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">remaining top-level cabinet nominees<\/a>,&rdquo; Duckworth told The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I refuse to aid and abet these illegal and harmful power grabs by voting for any of this Administration&rsquo;s remaining cabinet-level nominees,&rdquo; Duckworth added.<\/p>\n<p>Duckworth&rsquo;s vote is likely not needed for Republicans, who have a 53-seat majority in the Senate, to confirm Trump&rsquo;s remaining cabinet nominations. Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard have yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who has been rumored as a swing vote, said he would not vote for either Gabbard or RFK Jr. on Thursday. I have met with most of the cabinet nominees and have carefully watched their confirmation hearings. After considering what&rsquo;s at stake, I have voted against moving forward to the confirmation of Ms. Gabbard and Mr. Kennedy, and will be voting NO on their confirmations,&rdquo; he said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>12 of Trump&rsquo;s cabinet nominees have been confirmed while at least 10 are in line to face a Senate floor vote. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats have been especially upset with Musk&rsquo;s ventures with DOGE. 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Mark Warner (D-VA) let the administration know his feelings on the closure of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No one is more delighted that the United States is retreating from its global leadership role than the Communist Party of China,&rdquo; Warner said. &ldquo;I want to be clear: The latest attempt by the Trump administration to freeze U.S.-funded foreign aid assistance and punish the men and women who are working at the agency is a gift to our adversaries that will make us less safe.&rdquo;<\/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_1981754\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1981754\"}});<\/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>Duckworth commits to opposing all remaining Trump cabinet nominees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2400036,"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\/2024\/09\/Duckworth.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28783,32603,39368,49977],"class_list":["post-2400035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-duckworth","tag-political-news","tag-trump-cabinet","tag-vote-no"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Duckworth.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400035","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400039,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400035\/revisions\/2400039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}