Andrew Saul's nomination to become Commissioner of Social Security for a term ending January 20, 2019, that's right, a month from tomorrow is still pending on the Senate's Executive Calendar, along with many dozens of other nominations. Unless there's unanimous consent from all members of the Senate, it's going nowhere in this Congress. If Saul is confirmed in this Congress he wouldn't have to leave office on January 20, 2019. He could hold over indefinitely until a successor is confirmed. Unless there's some agreement to advance Saul's nomination in this Congress, he'll have to be renominated once the new Congress convenes. He wouldn't necessarily have to go through a new confirmation hearing, however. It's just a matter of what the Senate Finance Committee would want to do. No opposition to Saul's nomination has surfaced but the number of nominations pending on the Senate Executive Calendar suggests just how slow the process can be in the Senate.
He was already nominated for the term that begins January 20, 2019. The Senate Finance Committee has already said they will take up that nomination after the new Congress convenes.
ReplyDeleteNo, the Senate Finance Committee said--exceptionally softly--that the President can't constitutionally make a nomination in one term for the next. They are expecting a renomination.
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