Seven Democratic senators voted to confirm South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as the top of the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), permitting her to guide an company that shall be paramount to President Trump’s plan to crack down on unlawful immigration throughout his second White Home time period.
Noem’s nomination was accepted with a 59-34 vote, cruising to the place with much less scrutiny and uncertainty in comparison with different Trump nominees. On Friday evening, Vice President Vance needed to forged a tie-breaking vote to substantiate Pete Hegseth as Protection secretary.
Listed below are the seven Democratic senators who voted for Noem:
Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Elisa Slotkin (Mich.)
Kim acknowledged he disagrees “strongly” with Noem on many points, however mentioned he might work alongside the previous governor.
“I had a number of direct conversations with Governor Noem. Whereas we disagreed strongly on a variety of key factors of Trump’s agenda, we each agreed that we might extra successfully elevate and attempt to handle the urgent wants and considerations of communities and households in New Jersey if we talk and have interaction straight with each other,” Kim mentioned in a Saturday statement.
Peters, the highest Democrat on the Senate Homeland and Authorities Affairs Committee, acknowledged that he supported Noem’s nomination as a result of she pledged to deal with the issues in a bipartisan vogue.
“Given her openness to engaged on a bipartisan foundation to deal with these and different threats to our homeland safety, I voted to advance her nomination out of committee and ship it to the Senate flooring for consideration,” Peters said.
Seven senators didn’t vote: Angus King (I-Maine), Democrats Sen. Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Brian Schatz (Hawaii), Tina Smith (Minn.), Raphael Warnock of (Ga.) and Ron Wyden of (Ore.), together with GOP Sen. Jerry Moran (R).
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