tomorrow to vote on tillerson s nomination, if approved he moves to the senate for consideration. harris: the process that you expect to see this week? well, the trump administration stressed they wanted and republicans stressed they wanted early confirmations for the president s national security team. senate democrats relented on president trump s choices to lead the pentagon and department of homeland security though yet to allow a vote on congressman mike pompeo s nomination to direct the central intelligence agency. steve mnuchin and tom price are priorities for republicans. however chuck schumer says trump s choices require a higher level of scrutiny. this cabinet is unusually unique and a lot different than others. we call it the swamp cabinet billionaires and bankers. the number of wealthy people, the number of people rife with
even rex tillerson who three republicans have expressed reservations. i am optimistic we will get every member of the cabinet. let s talk about senator schumer because he said he has concerns about eight nominees and he says he believes there needs to be more discussion about them, about ethics questions and the qualifications. the president-elect cabinet is a swamp cabinet full of billionaires and bankers that have conflicts of interest and ethical lapses as far as the eye can see. what is wrong with him saying that. selective outrage, the outgoing treasury had an account in the cayman islands. geisler who was the treasury secretary before him failed to pay taxes. at that point, schumer said well , it was just a mistake. everybody makes mistakes. this kind of selective outrage
new senate democratic leader chuck schumer doesn t want to lose his most liberal senators. here is schumer s explanation. let me talk about the cabinet. it is a cabinet unlike any other we ve seen on two bases. we call it the swamp cabinet. billionaires and bankers. and it s very simple. there are more people with huge financial holdings which they have to divest under law so they don t have conflicts of interest. while burning the clock it keeps the senate from doing other things. other indications mike pompeo will be confirmed to be the next c.i.a. director and we expect that vote for tillerson in the foreign relations committee. bill: we ll wait for that. shannon: joining us now for more on that and other things steve hayes is a fox news contributor. good to see you, steve. you have an incredible back story you ve written about
tomorrow to vote on tillerson s nomination, if approved he moves to the senate for consideration. harris: the process that you expect to see this week? well, the trump administration stressed they wanted and republicans stressed they wanted early confirmations for the president s national security team. senate democrats relented on president trump s choices to lead the pentagon and department of homeland security though yet to allow a vote on congressman mike pompeo s nomination to direct the central intelligence agency. steve mnuchin and tom price are priorities for republicans. however chuck schumer says trump s choices require a higher level of scrutiny. this cabinet is unusually unique and a lot different than others. we call it the swamp cabinet billionaires and bankers. the number of wealthy people, the number of people rife with
this is why i am booked voting for him. in my office visit, he said when america does not lead, other people will, in the vacuum is always filled by bad actors. he said we have to have a foreign policy that engages the world, we need to lead from the front. then there is mike pompeo, to be the next director of the cia. some republicans were furious that pompeo was not confirmed on friday along with the secretary of defense and the secretary of homeland security, pompeo is expected to be confirmed at some point late tonight after some debate. senate democratic leader has been trying to defend the delay of trump s nominees. let me talk about the cabinet. it is a cabinet unlike any other we have seen on two bases. we colored the swamp cabinet, billionaires and bankers. and it is very simple, there are more people with huge financial holdings which they have to divest under law so they do not