Presidential Nominations & Confirmations

Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Obama's cabinet nominees are scheduled to begin later this week. For an overview of this process, check out "Senate Confirmation Process: A Brief Overview" (2008) from the Congressional Research Service. To read the full text of Senate rule XXXI, see the Rules of the Senate on the website for the Senate Committee on Rules & Administration. For information on Presidential nominations from the 100th congress onward, check out the Presidential Nominations database from LOC's THOMAS.