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{"id":3525,"date":"2024-12-11T13:51:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/what-were-watching-the-swing-senators-on-rfk\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T13:51:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:51:51","slug":"what-were-watching-the-swing-senators-on-rfk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/what-were-watching-the-swing-senators-on-rfk\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re watching: The swing senators on RFK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we\u2019re watching in transition world today:<\/p>\n<p><b>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f What we&#8217;re watching<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President-elect Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/trump-republican-senate-dissent-00193663\"><u>unleashing a pressure campaign<\/u><\/a> against GOP senators to confirm his Cabinet picks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udc40 What\u2019s Trump up to?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump is going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/10\/congress\/johnson-trump-set-to-talk-reconciliation-00193453\"><u>meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/u><\/a> this weekend to discuss the party\u2019s reconciliation strategy, according to Johnson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udea8What\u2019s up with the nominees?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least three closely watched senators are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/10\/rfk-jr-faces-trouble-in-the-senate-00193579\"><u>noncommittal about confirming<\/u><\/a> Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who\u2019s being considered to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Those include swing votes like Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, as well as Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. Kennedy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/10\/congress\/rfk-jr-heads-to-the-hill-00193467\"><u>nearly two dozen meetings<\/u><\/a> scheduled on Capitol Hill for next week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udcddICYMI: Here are the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/interactives\/2024\/trump-cabinet-picks-2025-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b><u>latest Cabinet picks<\/u><\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/10\/congress\/more-omb-picks-00193660\"><u>picked Rep. Dan Bishop<\/u><\/a> of North Carolina as deputy director of the OMB and conservative activist Ed Martin as chief of staff at the OMB.<\/li>\n<li>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/10\/congress\/trumps-turkey-pick-00193655\"><u>picked private equity executive Tom Barrack<\/u><\/a>, a longtime ally who faced legal scrutiny for his work on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Turkey.<\/li>\n<li>Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Court TV anchor and Fox News host who became a staunch advocate for the president-elect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/10\/congress\/guilfoyle-to-greece-00193624\"><u>was chosen to be the next U.S. ambassador to Greece.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/10\/congress\/trump-picks-china-hawk-helberg-to-be-top-state-department-economic-policy-official-00193683\"><u>tapped Jacob Helberg<\/u><\/a> to be the State Department\u2019s top economic policy and trade official<\/li>\n<li>Ronald Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/10\/congress\/not-that-ron-johnson-00193688\"><u>is the president-elect\u2019s pick to serve as ambassador to Mexico<\/u><\/a>, which is bad news for failed Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, who was reportedly in the mix.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we\u2019re watching in transition world today: \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f What we&#8217;re watching President-elect Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are unleashing a pressure campaign against GOP senators to confirm his Cabinet picks. \ud83d\udc40 What\u2019s Trump up to? 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