Kristi Noem beats Senate confirmation hurdle, advancing to final vote for DHS role

The information of Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., to beryllium the adjacent Homeland Security caput defeated a cardinal hurdle successful the confirmation process connected Friday night, advancing to a last ballot aboriginal this weekend. 

Her confirmation ballot is expected to instrumentality spot aboriginal Sunday morning. 

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If confirmed, Noem volition go the 4th of President Donald Trump's picks to beryllium precocious retired of the Senate, down Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. 

Votes that are expected soon aft Noem's are those for Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent, followed by Transportation Secretary prime Sean Duffy. 

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The South Dakota politician is expected to person bipartisan enactment for her confirmation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Her information precocious retired of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) by a ballot of 13-2. Only 2 Democrats voted against her. 

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"I was the archetypal Governor to nonstop National Guard troops to Texas erstwhile they were being overwhelmed by an unprecedented borderline crisis," Noem told the committee during her confirmation proceeding past week. 

"If confirmed arsenic Secretary, I volition ensure that our exceptional, bonzer borderline patrol agents person each the tools and resources and enactment they request to carry out their ngo effectively."