The nomination of Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., to be the following Hometown Safety secretary defeated a key hurdle within the affirmation procedure on Friday evening, advancing to a last vote later this weekend.
Her affirmation vote is anticipated to happen early Sunday morning.
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is sworn in throughout a Senate Hometown Safety and Governmental Affairs Committee listening to on her nomination to be Secretary of Hometown Safety, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Jan. 17, 2025. (Getty Pictures)
If showed, Noem will transform the fourth of President Donald Trump’s selections to be complicated out of the Senate, in the back of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and incoming Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth.
Votes which are anticipated quickly after Noem’s are the ones for Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent, adopted through Transportation Secretary pick out Sean Duffy.
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The South Dakota governor is anticipated to obtain bipartisan beef up for her affirmation to the Division of Homeland Security (DHS). Her nomination complicated out of the Senate Hometown Safety and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) through a vote of 13-2. Simplest two Democrats voted in opposition to her.
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“I used to be the primary Governor to ship Nationwide Guard troops to Texas once they had been being beaten through an unparalleled border disaster,” Noem informed the committee throughout her affirmation listening to final week.
“If showed as Secretary, I can ensure that that our remarkable, strange border patrol brokers have all of the gear and assets and beef up they want to elevate out their project successfully.”
