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If she wins in November, Vice President Kamala Harris may face a hostile, Republican-controlled Senate in no mood to confirm the senior Cabinet officials she’ll need to run her administration.

Anticipating that scenario, Harris’ team is exploring whether to keep in place some of the Biden administration officials who’ve already been confirmed by the Senate and wouldn’t need to face the gauntlet again, four people familiar with her transition planning said. 

Her aides are also looking at the option of initially retaining some current officials so that she'd have more time to make staffing decisions. With only a few months to build a campaign after abruptly replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket, Harris has had little time to focus on the makeup of a new administration, the people familiar with the planning said.


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[-] gsfraley@lemmy.world 197 points 1 day ago

Whatever happens, I hope she keeps Lina Khan for FTC, that's the appointment I care the most about.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago
[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 18 hours ago

Sorry, the best I can do is giving Garland a lifetime appointment as AG (* while Democrats control the White House). Think of how much of an epic clapback that would be since they blocked him from a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. They'll be so upset when we continue to empower the guy specifically chosen for being extremely inoffensive to Republicans!

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 22 hours ago

Fucking brace yourself for all the “will you prosecute Donald Trump as attorney general?”s

[-] logi@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago

Just lie and then do it anyway. It worked to corrupt SCOTUS, it should work here.

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