If she wins in November, Vice President Kamala Harris may face a hostile, Republican-controlled Senate in no mood to confirm the senior Cabinet officials she’ll need to run her administration.
Anticipating that scenario, Harris’ team is exploring whether to keep in place some of the Biden administration officials who’ve already been confirmed by the Senate and wouldn’t need to face the gauntlet again, four people familiar with her transition planning said.
Her aides are also looking at the option of initially retaining some current officials so that she’d have more time to make staffing decisions. With only a few months to build a campaign after abruptly replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket, Harris has had little time to focus on the makeup of a new administration, the people familiar with the planning said.
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Whatever happens, I hope she keeps Lina Khan for FTC, that’s the appointment I care the most about.
“Regulator angers capital for doing their job” is one of my favorite headlines.
That’s the canary in the coal mine with what she’ll do with her administration.
Khan is a good one, I’m personally invested in hoping that Jennifer Abruzzo stays in the NLRB
Fun fact: since all appointees serve at the the pleasure of the President, all Secretaries and under Secretaries write a letter of resignation dated on the day the new President is sworn in. It’s up to the new President if they’re accepted or not.
It’s common to do this even when a President wins reelection.
But, then you know if it will be rejected or not. Most often it will be rejected.
I love how if Republicans win they get to shove through every fever
dreamnightmare thing they want, but if Democrats win they can still have at least 2 years of absofuckinglutely nothing…Yay… :(
Yet another reason to increase the size of the House to 1000 members.
That seems like a failing strategy, cabinet members are likely already looking for their next job.
This is if dems lose the senate control. New cabinet members have to be approved by the senate
So by keeping old cabinet members, you avoid having to go through the senate again and being blocked by republicans
Cabinet members are looking before the election though. They are out of a job if trump wins. They are out of a job if Harris wins + the Senate. They may not be out of a job if Harris wins and the Senate goes Republican. That’s not good odds to stick around for.
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