Six of 22 picks for Cabinet-level positions in the Trump administration are left for the U.S. Senate to confirm.
The Senate on Thursday voted to invoke cloture on two nominees. Former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler is the pick as administrator of the Small Business Administration and Howard Lutnick as Commerce Department secretary.
The Senate calendar released Monday for Tuesday’s reconvening after the Presidents Day holiday indicates chamber votes awaiting.
Linda McMahon, the choice to lead the Education Department, was the most recent to testify at a hearing. She appeared Thursday before the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. McMahon led the Small Business Administration in President Donald Trump’s first term.
She’s tasked with leading a department started in 1979 to its closure.
Lori Chavez-DeRerner, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Oregon, is picked to lead the Labor Department. Last Wednesday she appeared before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Chavez-DeRerner would follow Julie Su, a Biden administration choice never confirmed. She infamously served as an interim for 682 days ending Jan. 20.
Also yet to have Senate confirmation are Jamieson Greer as a trade representative and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as ambassador to the United Nations. Greer on Wednesday was approved by the Finance Committee. Stefanik appeared before the Foreign Relations Committee on Jan. 21 and remains on hold while Republicans seek to protect a narrow majority in the House.
Republicans have a 218-215 majority in the lower chamber with two vacancies.
There are other Senate confirmations that are not Cabinet level in the administration. Notable in that group are Kash Patel as director of the FBI.
There is also Rodney Scott, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection; Dr. Jay Bhattacharva, director of the National Institutes of Health; Jared Isaacman, NASA administrator; Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Dr. Dave Weldon, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade commission; former U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, National Security adviser; Sean Cairncross, director of the Office of National Cyber Director; and Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Following are the 16 Cabinet-level approvals, listed alphabetically, and their departments:
• Scott Bessent, Treasury.
• Pam Bondi, Attorney General.
• Doug Burgum, Interior.
• Doug Collins, Veterans Affairs.
• Sean Duffy, Transportation.
• Tulsi Gabbard, National Intelligence.
• Pete Hegseth, Defense.
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services.
• Kristi Noem, Homeland Security.
• John Ratcliffe, CIA.
• Brooke Rollins, Agriculture.
• Marco Rubio, Secretary of State.
• Scott Turner, Housing and Urban Development.
• Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget.
• Chris Wright, Energy.
• Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency.
