Senate confirms more than 30 ambassadors and other Biden admin. nominees after Majority Leader Schumer agrees to schedule a vote concerning Nord Stream 2 sanctions.
and Treasury over objections to the administration's waiving of sanctions targeting the Nord Stream AG firm overseeing the pipeline project. The administration said at the time that it opposed the project but viewed it is a fait accompli. It also said trying to stop it would harm relations with Germany.
Earlier in the week, Schumer demanded that Cruz lift all of his holds on nominees at the two Cabinet departments as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of any possible agreement on a Nord Stream 2 sanctions. Cruz said he was willing to lift holds on 16 nominees. The two sides were trading offers throughout the day Friday.While Democrats were intent on making progress on Biden's nominees, they also viewed it as too little and too late.
Menendez, D-N.J., blamed some Republicans for “straining the system to the breaking point" and depriving Biden of a full team of national security positions, “leaving our nation weakened."
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