Ballotpedia's Daily Transition Tracker - March 24, 2021
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- The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is holding a meeting on Wednesday to consider the nominations of Brenda Mallory to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality and Janet McCabe to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding a meeting to consider the nomination of Polly Trottenberg to be deputy secretary of transportation.
- The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is holding a confirmation hearing for Cynthia Marten to be deputy secretary of education.
- The Senate confirmed Shalanda Young as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday by a vote of 63-37.
- The Senate also confirmed Vivek Murthy as U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday by a vote of 57-43.
News
- Biden issued a proclamation on Tuesday to honor the victims of the March 22 Boulder mass shooting. Biden also called on Congress to “ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again.”
- The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it was extending the special enrollment period deadline for the federal health insurance marketplace from May 15 to August 15.
- Biden will participate in a European Council meeting virtually on Thursday, marking the first time a president has addressed an EU summit since 2009.
- Biden is expected to include a proposal for free community college in his upcoming $3 trillion economic stimulus package.
- Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said on Tuesday they would withhold support for any future Biden nominees until Biden had more Asian American representation in his administration. They reversed this position after the White House announced it was adding a senior-level Asian American Pacific Islander liaison.
Transition in Context
The following chart compares the pace of Senate confirmations for the main Cabinet members—the 15 agency heads in the presidential line of succession—following the inaugurations of Presidents Donald Trump (R) and Joe Biden (D). It does not include Cabinet-rank officials that vary by administration.
Nine weeks after their respective inaugurations, Biden had all 15 of these secretaries confirmed. Trump’s secretaries of agriculture and labor had not yet been confirmed.
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