Abstract
The beginning of 2025 has seen renewed public attention and emphasis on the constitutionally mandated U.S. Senate confirmation process. This stems from the beginning of the second Trump Administration as its nominees navigate this process. The presentation provides historical background on this process, demonstrates what nominees, Senate oversight committees, and the full Senate in administering this process and enables readers to find out how to access information resources documenting this process. The confirmation process continues throughout presidential administrations and may involve little public attention and controversy or acute public attention and controversy. The contrasting 2025 confirmation experiences of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are documented. An example of a unsuccessful nomination by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 is chronicled and how family connections from that event have remained politically significant recently.
Keywords
presidential nominations, confirmation process, congressional oversight, government information, advise and consent, U.S. Senate rules and procedures, U.S. Constitution, political controversy, congressional oversight, government ethics, financial disclosure
Date of this Version
2-27-2025
Recommended Citation
Chapman, Bert, "Researching the U.S. Senate Presidential Nominee Confirmation Process" (2025). Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations. Paper 205.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_fspres/205
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Comments
Presentation made to Purdue GRIP on February 27, 2025. Anticipate future presentations on this at various fora.