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.