The Senate took procedural steps late Thursday night to tee up final confirmation votes on the Senate floor for two of Trump’s most closely watched nominees.
The actions set up votes in the Senate next week for both Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to serve as the director of national intelligence and RFK Jr.’s nomination to serve as health and human services secretary.
Gabbard’s nomination will get a test vote Monday night, with a final confirmation vote likely late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday.
RFK’s final vote will likely take place late Thursday or early Friday.
Based on their performance with key senators during committee votes earlier this week, it’s likely both RFK and Gabbard will get the simple majority of votes they need to be confirmed when their votes come up on the floor.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who was being watched as a potential Democratic backer of both nominees, announced in a post on X Thursday night that he does not intend to support Gabbard or RFK.
Republican leadership also took steps to tee up future confirmation votes on Howard Lutnick’s nomination for secretary of commerce, Brooke Rollins’ nomination for secretary of agriculture and Kelly Loeffler’s nomination to head the Small Business Administration. Those votes will occur after Gabbard and RFK.
-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin
