has been working behind the scenes for months crafting lists of names for top positions inside a potential Cabinet, his White House, and across the federal government.
Everything will become public soon enough, with the president-elect expected in the coming weeks to start announcing a series of nominations and appointments while working to fill more than 1,000 other key political jobs. Of course Biden may not get all the people he wants installed in their positions. As long as Senate Republicans maintain their majority, they hold veto power that can tank any nomination they want. Even a 50-50 Senate with Democrats in command — thanks to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote — doesn't guarantee that all Biden's picks get confirmed.
Amid all the competing power dynamics, Insider has collected the names of the current and former elected officials, ex-Democratic administration officials, policy experts, advocates, and academics
Gawd Forbid
Will AOC be there?
No list without Stacey Abrahams. Or a representative from Arizona
thisisinsider That’s fine and all but..... wouldn’t he have had to actually WINnthe election? Last time I checked the MSM doesn’t decide who wins a election right? KamalaUsNotMyPresident
Where’s BernieSanders
thisisinsider Andrew Yang
Yang