Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) said on Sunday that he believes all of President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominees will receive enough votes to be confirmed by the GOP-led Senate.
During an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo pressed Marshall for his expectations ahead of confirmation hearings that are set to begin next week.
“So, you met with President Trump this week, along with your colleagues. Did you have a chance to speak with your colleagues? Do you believe you have the votes in the Senate to actually confirm all of his nominees?” Bartiromo asked.
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“Look, you know I hate to count my chickens before they hatch, but, yes, I do,” Marshall replied. “I think that they need to go through the hearing process. They’re going to get beat up by the legacy media and the Left as well, but I think the votes are there.”
Trump’s more controversial picks for Cabinet positions face some uncertainty in the confirmation process, including Robert F. Kennedy, the nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services; Pete Hegseth, the nominee to become secretary of defense; and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), the nominee to become director of national intelligence.
Marshall, like other senators, has conducted meetings with Trump’s nominees over the past few weeks.
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“And as I have interviewed these people one-on-one, they have been great communicators,” he told Bartiromo. “They’re great leaders. They’re very accomplished. Yes, some of them are outside the box, but I do think we have the votes.”
Nominees for Cabinet roles and other top positions in a presidential administration need only a simple majority of voting senators to be confirmed by the Senate. The vice president can serve as tie-breaker, if needed.
With the 2024 election, Republicans won a 53-seat majority in the upper chamber, though JD Vance (R-OH) just resigned from the Senate ahead of his inauguration as vice president. Ohio GOP Governor Mike DeWine is expected to pick Vance’s replacement. And Jim Justice (R-WV) is set to be sworn in on Monday — 10 days after his newly-elected Senate peers — upon the inauguration of his successor as West Virginia governor.
At least one Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), has met with some of Trump’s nominees. Fetterman told Fox News anchor Bret Baier last week that he plans to vote to confirm at least a handful of them.
