Schedule of Confirmation Hearings for Obama's Nominees

The Senate schedule of confirmation hearings for President-elect Barack Obama's key nominees for his Cabinet and administration.

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Thursday, January 08, 2009

The following is the schedule to-date of Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Barack Obama's nominees and the committees overseeing them. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Thursday, Jan. 8

  • Tom Daschle, former Senate majority leader, for secretary of health and human services at 10 a.m. (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee)

Friday, Jan. 9

  •  Hilda Solis, California representative, for secretary of labor, at 9:30 a.m. (Health Education, Labor and Pensions)

Tuesday, Jan 13

  • Peter Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office, for director of Office of Management and Budget, at 9 a.m. (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee)
  • Hillary Clinton, New York senator, for secretary of state, at 9:30 a.m. (Foreign Relations Committee)
  • Arne Duncan, Chicago schools chief, for secretary of education, at 10 a.m. (Health Education, Labor and Pensions Committee)
  • Steven Chu, experimental physicist at University of California-Berkeley, for secretary of energy, at 10 a.m. (Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
  • Shaun Donovan, New York commissioner of housing preservation and development, for secretary of housing and urban development, at 10 a.m. (Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
  • Lisa Jackson, former New Jersey commissioner of environmental protection, for director of the Environmental Protection Agency, at 10 a.m. (Environment and Public Works Committee)

Wednesday, Jan. 14

  • Tom Vilsack, former Iowa governor, for secretary of agriculture, at 10 a.m. (Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee)
  • Eric Shinseki, retired U.S. Army general, for secretary of veterans affairs, at 10 a.m. (Veterans' Affairs Committee)

Thursday, Jan. 15

  • Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general, for U.S. attorney general, at 9:30 a.m. (Judiciary Committee)
  • Ken Salazar, Colorado senator, for secretary of interior, at 9:30 a.m. (Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
  • Susan Rice, former assistant secretary of state, for ambassador to the United Nations, at 9:30 a.m. (Foreign Relations Committee)
  • Janet Napolitano, Arizona governor, for secretary of homeland security, at 10 a.m. (Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee)
  • Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, for secretary of treasury, at 10 a.m. (Finance Committee)
  • Mary Schapiro, former SEC commissioner, for chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, at 10 a.m.(Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
  • Daniel Tarullo, Georgetown economics professor, for member of the Federal Reserve Board, at 10 a.m. (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
  • Christina Romer, University of California-Berkeley economics professor, for chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, at 10 a.m. (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
  • Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago economics professor, for member of the Council of Economic Advisers, at 10 a.m. (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
  • Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University economics professor, for member of the Council of Economic Advisers, at 10 a.m. (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)

To Be Announced

  • Ray LaHood, Illinois Representative, for secretary of transportation
  • Ron Kirk, former Dallas mayor, for United States trade representative
  • Secretary of Commerce nominee

No hearing needed

  • Robert Gates, secretary of defense, for current position

 

 

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