Senate Committee Advances Hegseth In 14-13 Vote

The Hill reports:

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor. The 14-13 vote was strictly along party lines.

The strong opposition to Hegseth expressed by Democrats on the Armed Services panel signals they will use many of the procedural tools at their disposal to slow his confirmation on the Senate floor.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), a Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, criticized Hegseth Monday for stock his wife holds in two major Department of Defense contractors.

Read the full article.

The nomination of @PeteHegseth as Secretary of Defense has advanced out of the @SASCGOP Committee by a 14-13 votes. The Committee, chaired by Mississippi @SenatorWicker, voted along party lines to advance

READ MORE OF THIS POST AT Joe My God