The Senate cleared the way on Tuesday for Ben Carson to take the helm of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The Senate Banking Committee approved Carson’s nomination, sending it to the floor for final confirmation.
President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks need only a simple majority to clear the Senate, which means Carson can be confirmed with only Republican support, and Democrats cannot filibuster.
(AP)
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His credential is that he has actually lived in public housing – which is not the usual background of most of the Trump cabinet. It will be interesting.
My gut feeling is that if a guy can learn brain surgery, he can learn to run HUD. After all, it’s not rocket science.
But we will check back in a year.
HUD has been a place were lots of people high in the department wind up under suspicion of accepting kick-backs or other unethical behavior.