Friday, January 2, 2009

Obama Cabinet Confirmation Hearings

This is going to be a busy month, more importantly weeks before the inauguration.

Here is the confirmation schedule for cabinet posts:

Here are the Obama Cabinet confirmation hearing dates announced so far. Shown are date, nominee, department, and Senate committee:

Jan 8, 10 AM - Tom Daschle - Secretary of Health and Human Services - Health, Education, Labor & Pension (Also Finance)
Jan 9, 9:30 AM - Hilda Solis - Labor - Health, Education, Labor & Pension
Jan 13, 10 AM - Arne Duncan - Education - Health, Education, Labor & Pension
Jan 13 - Steve Chu - Energy - Energy & Natural Resources
Jan 14 - Eric Shinseki - Veteran Affairs - Veteran's Affairs
Jan 15 - Eric Holder - Justice - Judiciary
Jan 15 - Ken Salazar - Interior - Energy & Natural Resources

Still to be scheduled:

Hillary Clinton - Secretary of State - Foreign Relations
Tim Geithner - Treasury - Finance
Tom Vilsack - Agriculture - Agriculture
Bill Richardson - Commerce - Commerce, Science & Transportation
Tom Daschle - Health & Human Services - Finance (Also HEL&P)
Shaun Donovan - Housing and Urban Development - Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Ray LaHood - Transportation - Commerce, Science & Transportation
Janet Napolitano - Secretary of Homeland Security - Homeland Security & Government Affairs

No hearing needed:

Robert Gates - Defense

All confirmation hearings can be seen on C-Span, check your local listings

h/t DemConWatch

More information, here.

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