Does Pompeo require confirmation?

[Renew Deal]

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

1. Yes....n/t

[Renew Deal]

2. Thanks

[imanamerican63]

3. Nope!

He has already been confirmed and only has to be reappointed by the President.

[hlthe2b]

6. temporarily. He will have to undergo confirmation eventually (not sure, but 90 days comes to mind)

[exboyfil]

7. That seems strange

given that it is a different position and the Senate committee could be different. Do you have a source?

[NCTraveler]

9. News organizations seem to disagree with you.

Pompeo even disagrees.

"If confirmed, I look forward to guiding the world’s finest diplomatic corps in formulating and executing the President’s foreign policy." Pompeo

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

13. He most certainly is subject to the advise and consent of the Senate

This is a different job. He has already undergone a background check, but he's now appointed to a new position and is subject to an update of that check, senate hearings and a vote.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. What, was he confirmed to be Secretary of State before

Tillerson took the job?

[hlthe2b]

5. yes.. but that will probably be "pro-forma", given he's already been confirmed once and

was once "one of those" on Capitol Hill.

[exboyfil]

11. I think the Democrats will force him to take

a position on the UK attack. Being CIA director he sure as heck can't claim ignorance. His back fill will also be interesting. I see a narrative that is developing that should be exploited. Instead of the millionaire making generic statements about impeaching Trump, could he fund attack ads showing our historic relationship with the UK, and how our leadership has decided to abandon that in favor with our biggest post World War II enemy. Those ads should be running in every red district in the country.

[imanamerican63]

8. If I remember right?

President Reagan was able to move his high level people around without the Senate's conformation approval? This was after the assignation attempt on him.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. He didn't move around cabinet members.

Those require confirmation.

[Demsrule86]

10. What difference does it make? We can't stop him.

[Renew Deal]

12. It means you can ask him questions

[exboyfil]

14. The biggest being

Do you think our closest ally is lying about a terrorist attack on its own soil?

[Demsrule86]

16. And then he lies and they confirm him anyway...bigger fish to fry.

[MiniMe]

15. He was already confirmed to a cabinet position

So I don't think so

[onenote]

17. Yes he must be confirmed. Those saying otherwise are wrong.

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The fact that a person occupies a position that required Senate confirmation does not allow that person to be moved into a different position that requires confirmation without going through the confirmation process again.

What may be confusing people is that a vacancy in a position requiring senate confirmation can be filled TEMPORARILY by the appointment of an already confirmed official to serve in and ACTING capacity. There actually are several ways the vacancy at State could be filled temporarily: by the elevation of the next most senior official (in this case, it's Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan). Or it can be another confirmed official, but subject to 210 day limitation (with certain exceptions). And in some instances, there is a third option for a different senior official in the same department to be named to serve on an acting basis for 90 days.

In this instance, Sullivan is now the Acting Secretary of State, and Pompeo will become Secretary of State if and when he is confirmed by the Senate, notwithstanding the fact he already holds a position for which he was confirmed.

[getagrip_already]

20. you guys are so cute when you get constitutional....

But the answer is that under the "Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998", the president can fill a vacancy with anyone who has already been confirmed by the senate for a period of 150 days.

So yes, he would require confirmation, but no, it doesn't need to happen before he takes office.

But his reconfirmation isn't necessarily a sure thing. The dems who voted for him the first time say they won't vote to confirm him to sos, and at least one republican is saying they won't vote to confirm. Add to that, 5 months from now is November. It will be an election issue. We may be able flip republicans afraid of his baggage.

So it isn't a sure fire deal he can be reconfirmed. Heck, 5 months is an eternity on trumps staff.