The Senate took the procedural step of approving committee assignments for the next two years, a move that also allows committee hearings to begin next week on President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees, The Hill reported Tuesday.
Approval of the organizing resolution took two days longer than expected, according to the report.
With Jan. 14 being the earliest that hearings can take place, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Pete Hegseth, Brooke Rollins, and former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin are among those scheduled to appear next week, according to the report.
Hegseth's hearing is scheduled for Jan. 14 and Rollins, Trump's pick for Agriculture secretary, will be Jan. 15. Rubio's hearing will also be Jan. 15. Zeldin's hearing will be Jan. 15 or 16, Politico reported Monday.
Scheduling of the hearing for Pam Bondi, Trump's pick for attorney general, has been delayed over paperwork issues with the Judiciary Committee, according to The Hill.
Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement Tuesday that Bondi's nomination will be among the committee's first orders of business, "as soon as all relevant materials have been submitted to the committee."
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