Tarsi Gabbard, the candidate for President Donald Trump’s National Intelligence Director (DNI), cleared the final procedural hurdles on Monday evening, paving the way for a final confirmation vote later this week.
A 52-46 vote passed the movement along the party line.
Once considered perhaps the most vulnerable Trump pick, the former Democrat has passed another important vote and has broken legislative filibuster thresholds for nominations.
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President Donald Trump’s choice to become Director of the National Intelligence Affairs Bureau, Tarsi Gabbard will appear before the Senate Intelligence Affairs Committee for a confirmation hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, January 30, 2025. We’ll arrive at. (AP)
The results of Monday’s vote were far more certain than her Senate Selection Committee results for the Intelligence Election Committee last week.
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Tom Cotton made a calculated effort to pass the Inter Commission and win Tarsi Gabbard. (Reuters/Getty Images)
However, Republicans have shown confidence in her confirmation in the full Senate, proven by their illuminating it while Vice President JD Vance is in Europe representing the United States at events and conferences. . Vance had to break his tie in particular to confirm Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses.
The votes will make a final confirmation vote on Wednesday, as Democrats are expected to use all 30 hours of all the post-attack time period, rather than promoting it to win a time contract with Republicans. I’ve won it.
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Gabbard moved forward from the Intelligence Election Committee for Senate Selection last week, with R-Maine’s Susan Collins and Todd Young and key GOP Sens of R-Ind.
In the final vote, Gabbard can only lose Republican Republican votes, assuming she has no democratic support, as in the case of committee votes.
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Senator Young came out in favor of Gabbard hours before the committee vote. (Reuters)
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Gabbard already has an advantage over Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses, as Collins supports her. The Senator was one of three votes, particularly for Hegses.
Julia Johnson is a political writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business and is a major reporter in the US Senate. She was previously a political reporter for the Washington Examiner.
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