On March 25, the Senate confirmed Dr. Jay Bhattacharya (NIH) and Dr. Marty Makary (FDA). Both are highly qualified, are medical doctors, and have been employed by two of the most elite universities in the USA as full professors. In normal times, both of these candidates would have been confirmed with strong bipartisan support.
But not a single Democrat voted to confirm Dr.Bhattacharya . The rot in the democrat party has festered to the point where they can no longer vote on qualifications - only along party lines. Shame on them.
Only three Democrat Senators voted for Dr. Marty Makary. In committee, almost no democrats voted for either candidate. Why does this matter?
For some of Trump’s earlier nominees, there was cross-over support from Democrats, but not so true for the HHS positions. Of which only three have been confirmed, and five have not...
The Senate's practice of referring presidential nominations to committees for review before the full Senate considers them has evolved over time. The requirement for nominations to be referred to "appropriate committees" was formally established in 1868. However, it wasn’t until the mid-20th century that committees began routinely holding public hearings and conducting in-depth reviews of nominees.
President Trump is in the third month of his second term, and the Senate has yet to confirm most of his nominees for HHS. This is unacceptable. Frankly, the vetting process for nominees has become ossified political theater, and worse, voting along party lines by the Democrats has become status quo. The Majority Senate leader, Senator John Thune, must streamline this process, and the confirmation process must be reformed as soon as possible.
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